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ICES INSPIRE-Primary Health Care Women's College Hospital University Health Network MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions Unity Health Toronto UofT Family Medicine Christine Salahub @NoahIvers Sheryl Spithoff Dr. Lindsay Hedden Mina T. Sacha Bhatia Nice summary of our paper from CityNews Toronto Mark McAllister toronto.citynews.ca/video/2023/12/… with Lauren Lapointe-Shaw Cc Unity Health Toronto UofT Family Medicine

Our new BMJ SPCare study led by Aaron Jones shows that nearly 20% of Ontario patients die within 90 days of being designated "alternate level of care" or "ALC": spcare.bmj.com/content/early/… Focusing on the high short-term mortality of ALC patients could help with "hallway medicine".

have you ever wondered what the evidence was for durations of antibiotic therapy? did you even know there was evidence? either way, join me on february 1 at noon (est) for a virtual session sponsored by CSIM csim.ca/education/virt… free for residents and med students!

Another example of how corporate interests are often not aligned with patients' best interests New study Sheryl Spithoff BMJ_Open reveals how for-profit virtual care companies are monetizing patient data cbc.ca/news/health/vi… CBC News ft. Lorian Hardcastle cc UofT Family Medicine

I call on Mayor Chow, the Toronto Police Chief, Premier Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau to condemn any protests on or around hospital facilities in this great nation that impede or intimidate patients, families or staff - and to protect them.

Meanwhile, academic researchers have soooo much regulation to get through. "at the behest of the pharmaceutical company, would conduct 'A/B testing' by putting out a new version of software to a percentage of patients to see if the new version improved uptake of the drug."

I like this hot take- I agree with taking a more Bayesian view of results. Responding to Reviewers and Editors About Statistical Significance Testing | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.732…

Heartbreaking for him, his family and all the patients. Really drives home the crisis in primary care.

Remembering this iconic album while wading through the paperasse.

Over the last 16 months, our team has conducted the largest public engagement ever on the future of #primarycare in Canada Today we release our final report✨ 10,000 people 10,000 participant hours 1 vision for primary care OurCare.ca🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=DKKL7R…

Allison McGeer. Incredible scientist and lovely person, congrats to you!!!

Like coming home: thrilled to be talking about “Find a problem and solve it: Medicine as a career gateway.” Will discuss 3 phases of my career & lessons on problem solving, platform, mentorship and leadership. ⁦Moira Kapral⁩ ⁦Fahad Razak⁩ ⁦Lauren Lapointe-Shaw⁩

Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw – the 2024 Institute of Health Services & Policy Research & CAHSPR Article of the Year Award winner! This award recognizes ground-breaking and impactful #HSPR research in Canada. Stay tuned for a webinar to meet her! Read her work here: buff.ly/3WDuYlt

Congratulations Dr. Moira Kapral for being our new Department of Medicine University of Toronto chair! Woohoo! 🎊🥳🎉Gillian Hawker anitapalepu Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 Stacey Rosen, M.D. Catherine Wang Temerty Medicine Jessica Liu Karen Okrainec Lianne tile Cathy Craven Suzanne Morin Dr A Papaioannou David Juurlink

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22% in Canada don't have access to primary care One of the biggest determinants of access? The province you live in A bigger factor than your income, education, race, immigration status or rurality Findings from our latest paper CMAJ #OurCare🧵 cmaj.ca/content/196/19…