Types of Opioid Harms in Canadian Hospitals: Comparing Canada and Australia
This report examines the characteristics of opioid-related care visits to emergency departments (EDs) or hospital admissions and groups them into five distinct harm profiles. These profiles and their respective distributions illustrate how opioid-related harms differ across care settings in Canada. Opioid dependence and accidental poisoning were the more prominent types of harm seen in EDs, with a rate of 39.2 and 38.0 visits per 100,000 population, respectively. Within the in-patient population, rates of hospital stays were comparatively higher (26.8 per 100,000) for adverse drug reactions compared to other opioid-related...
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - July 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Rural and Urban Differences in the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Subsequent Health Services Utilization in Ontario
Canada has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world, with 1 in 140 Canadians currently living with the disease. IBD occurs less often among individuals living in rural households. This protective effect is particularly pronounced in young children, and early-life exposure to the rural environment greatly reduces the risk. However, individuals living in rural areas who have IBD have decreased access to specialist gastroenterology care. (Source: Healthcare Quarterly)
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - July 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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Source: Healthcare Quarterly - June 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Overcoming Challenges to Support Clinician-Scientist Roles in Canadian Academic Health Sciences Centres
Clinician-scientists (CSs) make significant contributions to the healthcare system, yet their roles are not fully understood, supported or recognized by healthcare leaders or policy makers. CSs are healthcare professionals with advanced research training who continue to pursue clinical work and are considered an essential component of the research infrastructure in academic health sciences centres. The current literature supports the role of CSs but is also clear that there are multiple challenges in attracting and retaining clinicians to the role. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the current status of the CS role,...
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - April 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Executive Coaching for Leadership Development: Experience of Academic Physician Leaders
Conclusions: The physician leaders who underwent a series of executive coaching sessions had very similar experiences overall. The added professional development tool of executive coaching for specialist physicians may have a significant role in supporting productivity, increasing workplace engagement and transforming the culture of medical practice. (Source: Healthcare Quarterly)
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - April 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
