Health Insight
CAMPAIGN: Future of Health Care (2025)
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Digital Health Canada: Ai in Action
Digital Health Canada conducts nationwide environmental scan of Ai-driven clinical initiatives in healthcare delivery The AI in Action: Transforming Clinical Care Across Canada CHIEF Executive Forum Working Group, championed by Dr. Tania Tajirian, Chief Health Information Officer and Chief of Hospital Medicine at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), has completed a first-of-its-kind...
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Why the Future of Medicine Depends on Trust: A Conversation with Dr. Siobhan Deshauer
From combating online misinformation to redesigning workflows and embracing AI, Dr. Siobhan Deshauer explains the challenges facing today’s physicians — and the collective solutions needed to build a more resilient, equitable health-care system.
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How Pharmacists Ease Access to Care and Create Capacity in Our Healthcare System
The expanded role of pharmacists improves patient access and increases healthcare capacity. OPA sees opportunities to expand that role even more. Traditionally known as experts in medication management, Canadian pharmacists are playing an enhanced role in providing patient care. Over the past 15 years, their scope of practice has expanded to include administering vaccines, assessing...
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Strengthening the Brain Economy for Sustainable Healthcare
Supporting AgeTech innovation improves aging outcomes and fuels Canada’s brain economy, paving the way for a stronger, more sustainable healthcare system. Preparing for demographic shifts Canada’s aging population is growing rapidly, with nearly 20 per cent of Canadians now aged 65 or older. As Canada ages, the prevalence of dementia increases: current estimates predict that...
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Value Over Volume: Why Canada Must Reinvent Patient Care
The crisis in Canadian healthcare isn’t cost, rather the lack of value. Rebuilding the system starts with bringing innovation into everyday care. Canada’s healthcare system is standing at a breaking point. We spent $399B this year ($9,626 per person), which is the highest share of GDP in our history, yet Canadians are not getting healthier....
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The Simple Step to Stay on Track with Medications
Medication adherence packaging helps older adults, caregivers, and anyone juggling complex medication routines stay organized with support from their local pharmacist. For many Canadians, managing multiple medications is part of daily life — especially as we age or support loved ones who want to continue living safely at home. But staying on track isn’t always...
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Travel Advice and the Role of Health Care Professionals
Got any travels planned in the near future? Make sure to consult your health care professional pre-departure for personalized travel protection. Passport, luggage, charging cables, a refillable water bottle, snacks for the plane — you’re all geared up for your next vacation, but might you be forgetting something? Travellers often overlook the health risks they...
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Innovation That Puts Canadians First
Under the leadership of Minister Marjorie Michel, Canada is advancing AI-enabled clinical tools and interoperable health records to deliver more accessible, secure and patient-centred care.
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Tackling Canadian Fertility with Leading Research and United Approach
Leading national organization highlights trends in Canadian fertility, helping bridge the gap between knowledge and patient care. Infertility affects one in six Canadians and fertility rates in Canada have reached their lowest on record. While data may show Canadians are having fewer children, addressing this challenge has become a critical step in Canada’s fertility journey. ...
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Nurse John: What Nurses Need Now
From safe staffing to meaningful mental-health support, Nurse John brings a candid, human lens to the changes required to protect nurses’ well-being and ensure high-quality patient care.