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Dr. AJ - The Chronicle Herald

by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

Dr. AJ is a Halifax family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine. Today she begins a regular column for The Chronicle Herald which will explore health care reform with the aim of engaging Nova Scotians in finding ways to improve individual and population health, provide satisfying and high-quality care and build thriving health-care networks.

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Episodes

  1. Podcast Column 19 Understanding The Impact Of Trauma On Humans

    Podcast Column 19 Understanding The Impact Of Trauma On Humans by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  2. Podcast Column 18 Substance Use , Misuse And Addiction

    Podcast Column 18 Substance Use , Misuse And Addiction by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  3. Domino Thirteen: What Supports The Health Of Individuals And Their Communities?

    Domino Thirteen: What Supports The Health Of Individuals And Their Communities? by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  4. Domino Twelve: How did we arrive here? Understanding the impact of the Flexner report.

    Domino Twelve: How did we arrive here? Understanding the impact of the Flexner report. by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  5. Our Understanding Of What Heals

    Our Understanding Of What Heals by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  6. Podcast Column 11 Lessons Learned With E - Health Innovation Part III

    Podcast Column 11 Lessons Learned With E - Health Innovation Part III by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  7. Domino Eight: Lessons learned with e-health innovation in primary care

    Domino Eight: Lessons learned with e-health innovation in primary care by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  8. Podcast Column 8 Reforming PHC In NS

    Domino Seven: Reforming Primary Care in Nova Scotia

  9. Podcast Column 6 Medicare And Economics Of Small Business

    Podcast Column 6 Medicare And Economics Of Small Business by Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

  10. Dr. AJ Peeling Through Layers Of The Health Onion

    Domino four: Supply, demand, sustaining the workforce and peeling through layers of the health onion.

  11. Episode 5 - Supply And Demand Forecasts

    Headlines are created from “stunning” declarations such as this, when in reality, citizens in the province have been struggling to find a family doctor and experience long wait times for specialist services. Clearly the headlines and the numbers alone are not telling the whole story. Let us go to...

  12. Episode 4 - Counting medical costs?

    We are familiar with the call for cuts to health-care funding by provincial and federal governments. During 2003-2009, the real average growth rate per capita for health spending in Canada was 3.15 per cent, as per OECD health data. That rise was faster than the nation’s economic growth.

  13. Episode 3 -We Should Match Health Care With Patterns Of Patient Use

    Primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, quaternary care: these labels group our available health services, to match investigations and treatments with the severity and complexity of health conditions. Primary care refers to prevention and promotion activities, care by family doctors, nurse...

  14. Episode 2 - Where’s The Health Relief For Stricken Cape Breton

    At present, Nova Scotia Health Authority is well aware of the devastating loss of family doctors and specialists from Cape Breton, since 2012, that has left thousands without access to primary care services. A recent count showed 30 physicians have left since the summer and 60 physician positions...

  15. Episode 1 - Health Care’s Domino Effect

    What people universally expect is to have access to doctors, pharmacists, mental health and physical therapists when they feel ill or have been injured. They expect tests will be done, diagnoses made, treatment started and that they will return to good health.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Dr. AJ is a Halifax family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine. Today she begins a regular column for The Chronicle Herald which will explore health care reform with the aim of engaging Nova Scotians in finding ways to improve individual and population health, provide satisfying and high-quality care and build thriving health-care networks.

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Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan

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Dr. AJ is a Halifax family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine. Today she begins a regular column for The Chronicle Herald which will explore health care reform with the aim of engaging Nova Scotians in finding ways to improve individual and population...

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