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From virtual-first to patient-directed: a new normal for …

WEBMost are taking a virtual-first approach—seeing patients virtually first and then asking patients to come in-person if needed. Indeed, this is consistent with official guidance …

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Patient-oriented research: everything old is new again

WEBPatient-oriented research is a health research approach that (i) engages relevant stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, policy-makers, and decision-makers to (ii) …

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Bridging the information gap between physician and patient …

WEBBehind every physician-patient encounter is a difference in how health and wellness are perceived and pursued. For many physicians, their views and advice are shaped by …

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Making social determinants of health matter: An interview with Sir

WEBRyan Meili is a family physician at the West Side Community Clinic in Saskatoon, Head of the Division of Social Accountability at the University of Saskatchewan, founder of …

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Minimally Disruptive Medicine: the need for careful and kind care

WEBVictor Montori is a physician specializing in diabetes care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He conducts research in the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit at …

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Have we flattened the curve that matters

WEBI emailed 10 people on Monday morning – 5 physicians and 5 people who don’t work in health care – and asked them each to say, in one sentence, what the term “flattening …

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From vision to action in primary care – CMAJ Blogs

WEBDeclining continuity of care is an issue in primary care worldwide. According to Dr. Anne Gaglioti from Atlanta, GA, continuity of care has become increasingly poor in United …

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Compassion: our superpower for dealing with discriminatory …

WEBShifting one’s vantage point from that of the oppressed victim to the compassionate healer is a superpower. Physicians should not feel responsible for carrying someone else’s …

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A healthy death – CMAJ Blogs

WEBTrevor Hancock is a professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s school of public health and social policy. When Canada’s Supreme Court struck down the law …

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‘Next-gen’ leadership in healthcare – CMAJ Blogs

WEBRobyn Tamblyn is Scientific Director at the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Professor in the …

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Health Canada and Wind Turbines: Too little too late

WEBCarmen Krogh, BScPharm (retired), is a peer reviewed IWT health researcher and former Director of Publications and Editor-in-Chief of the CPS.. R Y McMurtry is Professor …

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Ramping up in-person office visits in primary care in the aftermath …

WEBWe should consider the evidence of how much an in-person intervention improves health outcomes and whether the same outcomes could be achieved virtually (effectiveness). …

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Empowerment and health – 30 years on from the Ottawa Charter

WEBThe Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion defined health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health”. Three key points …

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Social Determinants of Palliative Care: A Medical Student’s …

WEBPalliative care is a growing field of medicine that includes symptom management of terminally ill patients – focusing on psychosocial influences, but also on spiritual care …

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Mental health among medical students – CMAJ Blogs

WEBIn addition to depression, other mental health disorders are also prevalent in the medical student population. A study conducted in an Iranian medical school revealed that 4.5% …

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Why I called André Picard’s column on mental illness a …

WEBIn fact the piece was based on an epidemiological faux pas, which is why I called it a nothingburger. Commenting on the findings of a poll commissioned by Sun Life Financial …

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Health system transformation in Ontario: leadership lessons

WEBGrace Zhao is a third year MD/MSc student in the Systems Leadership and Innovation program at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.. Ontario is …

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Doctor Mom’s son learns that contact with the health care system …

WEBDoctor Mom is a physician who lives in Ontario*. It’s March Break, which means last chance to do winter activities for some families in Canada. Unfortunately, I’m not Winter Fun …

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The art of medical imaging – CMAJ Blogs

WEBBefore going into medicine at the University of Toronto, Kari, a native of St. Thomas and a young mom of two boys, completed a Master of Science in Biomedical Communications …

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The Modern Art of Medicine – CMAJ Blogs

WEBGuest blogger, Martin Kaminski is a Research Associate in the Gastrointestinal Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and will soon take up a Speciality Training in …

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: now a treatable disease and other

WEBI have been diagnosed of COPD for years now, i have used so many prescriptions from my doctor but never gave me a cure or improvement rather controlling the symptoms, my …

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How We Do Harm: Book Review – CMAJ Blogs

WEBHow We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Rank About Being Sick in America by Otis Webb Brawley, M.D., with Paul Goldberg. St. Martin’s Griffith; US, October 2012. This book is …

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