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EvidenceNetwork
by EvidenceNetwork
The Evidence Network of Canadian Health Policy, commonly known as EvidenceNetwork.ca is a non-partisan web-based project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Research Manitoba to make the latest evidence on controversial health policy issues available to the media. This site links journalists with health policy experts to provide access to credible, evidence-based information.
Episodes
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EN Podcast Managing Healthcare- Why Brains And Money Aren’t Enough - 2017 - 06 - 16
Canada’s healthcare system has brains and money, but it’s still not performing well. Find out how a new generation of Canadian academics can use management skills to improve health outcomes across the country. Adalsteinn Brown is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, the Director of the...
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EN Podcast How A National Drug Plan Can Save Canada- 2017 - 06 - 25,
Nav Persaud says a national drug plan would save lives, save money, and encourage better prescribing habits. So what are we waiting for? Nav Persaud is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, a physician and associate scientist at St Michael’s Hospital and assistant professor at the University...
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How improving healthcare for the frail elderly can also cut costs
Medical frailty already affects over one million Canadians. It can be expensive and upsetting for frail people and their loved ones. Dr. John Muscedere explains how Canada’s healthcare system can better support frail people, who are typically elderly and more vulnerable. Find out how better...
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From prescriptions to prevention: Managing Canada's opioid addiction
Canada has an opioid problem and it’s more widespread than fentanyl on our streets: We are becoming increasingly dependent on doctor-prescribed opioids. Drs. Kate Smolina and Kim Rutherford explain why and how to kick our prescription opioid habit. Kate Smolina is an expert advisor with...
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How can we overcome an ageist healthcare system?
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a geriatrician in Halifax and Researcher with the Canadian Frailty Network says that an ageist attitude is an underlying cause of unsuitable healthcare for older patients. The complicated conditions of elderly and frail patients clash with the current healthcare system which...
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Funding community-based programs can reduce male suicide
The suicide rate for men in Canada is three to four times higher than women. This rate increases even more in certain subgroups such as gay men, indigenous men or veterans. Evidence suggests that accessible, community-based programs that target these vulnerable groups are beneficial. These...
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Understanding the opioids crisis in Canada
North America is grappling with an opioids epidemic. British Columbia has even declared a public health emergency because of a significant increase in opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Dr. David Juurlink, Head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of…
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Culture is Healing in Indigenous Communities
While some indigenous populations in Canada have higher risks of health problems, our usual treatments often focus solely on western medical approaches. Experts say that cultural strategies proposed by indigenous leaders that address the multi-faceted problems are effective but regularly ignored....
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How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?
As the population ages, experts say that the current institutional model of care needs to change to better support aging patients. Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, a professor at the University of Ottawa, says that moving towards homecare is an important step to cut costs and improve quality of care. Gregory...
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Re-thinking care for Canada’s aging population
As the population ages, there is a growing belief that a tsunami of elderly patients will bankrupt the healthcare system, but evidence shows that this is a misconception. Our aging population accounts for only modest – and sustainable – increases in health spending. But experts say there are…
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A Sugar Tax is Not the Answer
As high obesity rates continue to be a health concern for Canadians, there is growing interest in introducing a sugar sweetened beverage tax. While some believe a pop tax would act as a deterrent, similar to taxing tobacco, experts say that people of lower socioeconomic status would not benefit....
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Can filing taxes be a treatment for poverty?
While the link between poverty and poor health outcomes is well established, experts say that many health care providers feel unequipped to intervene. Nancy McPherson, a Population Health Analyst, says that one solution is for health practitioners to diagnose and treat poverty, like any other...
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Why do Canada’s children lag so far behind?
In a recent UNICEF report, Canada ranked in the bottom half of the world’s richest countries in overall child well-being and child equality. Experts say that a lack of access to healthcare and inadequate support for parents are reasons why Canada lags behind. Dr. Denis Daneman from the Hospital…
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Breaking the boundaries of complex care for Children
The Complex Care Initiative at Sick Kids began in 2006, by the late pediatrician Dr. Norman Saunders. For ten years it has opened its doors to children with multiple and complex health challenges, often times who could not find adequate care anywhere else. For Ian Brown’s 19-year-old son Walker…
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Ending homelessness through housing first initiatives
Up to 15 percent of the homeless population in Canada is struggling with mental illness. Could giving them a permanent home be a way off the streets and into a healthier life? Dr. Jino Distasio, Director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg and Vicky Stergiopoulos,...
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Implementing a basic income in Canada to improve health and reduce poverty
Offering a guaranteed annual income to reduce poverty and improve health is not a new idea in Canada, but it is once again on the political radar. Dr. Evelyn Forget and Dr. Danielle Martin explain why Canada should consider implementing a basic income. Professor Evelyn Forget is a health…
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How future doctors see social factors shaping their medical practice
Medical students learn how to manage and treat disease. But once they start meeting patients in clinics and hospitals, they are also confronted with the fact that social factors have a huge impact on health and that their medical interventions might sometimes be limited. Two medical residents,...
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When it comes to medical tests and treatments, more is not always better
As technology and medical knowledge progress, doctors and patients have access to many more screening tools. But with the availability of more tests, also comes the risk of overtesting and overdiagnosis, worries health care researcher, Alan Cassels and doctors Wendy Levinson and Eric Bohm. They...
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How non-profit organizations can better communicate their messages to the media
Being published in the mainstream media is a great way for non-profit organizations to educate the public and to influence politicians and policy makers. But it’s not always easy to grab the attention of journalists. Ed Walz, Vice President for First Focus Campaign for Children spoke with…
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How can Canada reduce the number of children in care?
There are approximately 30,000 foster kids in Canada. Manitoba has the highest rates in Canada, with 10,000 kids in care. Canada does not have a national strategy for the provision of child protection services and does not keep reliable national statistics on kids in care, making it difficult to...
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Using incarceration as an opportunity to improve inmates’ health
One in 200 Canadians is detained or incarcerated in jail or prison every year, yet their access to health care is a far cry from the services offered in Canadian communities. Dr. Ruth Martin and Dr. Fiona Kouyoumdjian explain how incarceration ー even for short time spans ー can be a time to…
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Our healthcare system designed for the convenience of practitioners, not patients
This convocation speech was delivered to graduating MDs at the University of Manitoba on the receipt of an honorary doctorate on May 14, 2015. André Picard is a health reporter and columnist at The Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of three...
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Fixing a broken environment to curb the obesity crisis
Obesity rates have roughly doubled in the past 30 years in Canada: 25 % of Canadian adults and 13% of children are obese. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, and Dr. Denis Daneman, paediatrician-in-chief at the Hospital for Sick Children in...
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Ending homelessness in Canada is possible
On any given night in Canada, over 30 000 people are without a shelter. The director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg, Dr. Jino Distasio, believes that it is possible to end homelessness in Canada. How? By helping one person at a time. Interview by Mélanie...
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Giving healthcare experts a voice in the mainstream media
Evidencenetwork.ca creates original media content on health policy topics for publication in the mainstream media. Evidence Network relies on 70 Canadian academics and nine international experts who tackle complex and controversial issues surrounding the healthcare system. It was founded by Dr....
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Why Canadian doctors should be on the front lines of the anti-poverty struggle
Over three million Canadians struggle to make ends meet. Research shows that socioeconomic status and health are intertwined; this is why many doctors now consider social determinants of health when treating patients. Some doctors are even becoming advocates for their patients by using their...
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Should eye examination be a school entry requirement in Canada?
One in every six Canadian children may have a vision problem that makes it difficult to learn and to read, but only 14 percent of children under the age of six receive professional eye care. This is a statistic that Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford Jones, Professor of Paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick...
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Children with special needs: Addressing funding constraints in the public school system
Many schools across Canada are struggling to get the resources and funding needed to help students with special needs. Dr. Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins explain why governments need to address the funding shortfall and how schools are trying to keep up with the demand. Stuart Shanker is an...
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Canadian researchers call on fellow scientists to be more vocal in the media
Talking to the media for a scientist may be a scary prospect. Yet some are calling on their peers to have their voices more often heard in the media in order to counter balance the place that are taking think thanks and lobbyists. Damien Contandriopoulos, from the Public Health Research Institute...
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How can we improve access to dental care in Canada?
Going to the dentist is too expensive for many Canadians. A report from the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences found that nearly 20% of Canadians have avoided going to the dentist because of the costs and that 95% of dental care is paid out-of-pocket or through private dental insurance. Dr.…
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Why Canadian employers waste $5 billion a year on inefficient drug coverage
Employers in Canada spend an estimated five billion dollars a year on drug coverage for their employees. Yet, private plans are notoriously inefficient and they often cover higher priced drugs that are not necessarily better for consumers’ health, explains Alan Cassels. No wonder calls for a...
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L’inefficacité de l’assurance-médicaments privée coûte 5 milliards chaque année aux entreprises
Dix pour cent des Canadiens n’achètent pas les médicaments qui leurs sont prescrits à cause des coûts. En fait, le Canada est le seul pays de l’OCDE avec un système public universel d’assurance-maladie, qui n’inclut pas les médicaments. Les régimes privés sont généralement inefficaces et coûtent...
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Why Canada needs a national pharmacare program
Canada is currently the only developed country with a universal health-care system that does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs. And paradoxically is the most expensive one. One in ten Canadians chose not to get the prescriptions drugs they were given by their doctors because of...
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The Evidence Network of Canadian Health Policy, commonly known as EvidenceNetwork.ca is a non-partisan web-based project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Research Manitoba to make the latest evidence on controversial health policy issues available to the media. This site links journalists with health policy experts to provide access to credible, evidence-based information.
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