It was quite a sight to see Ontario’s Premier choke up and almost shed a tear when he held a press conference during the pandemic’s third wave in the spring of 2021. A man with a reputation of being a tough politician. A rock-solid conservative leader with a hard-liner political background and a steadfast approach […]
Healthcare and technologies have always been a good match. Healthcare strives to improve services and technologies give it power and momentum to continuously revisit what it does and improve it. It is a long-standing great partnership between science, innovation, technologies and the will to do better for people’s health. Since the invention of the internet […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a major impact and will be tremendously useful in a number of healthcare applications such as diagnostics, data mining, user’s health assistance, drug discovery, surgery and so many more. There are increasing discussions regarding how AI can represent solutions to existing or emerging healthcare challenges. Big firms such as PwC […]
The pandemic was devastating for our elders; especially the first wave. Harrowing stories and a tsunami of covid-19 positive cases translated into thousands of deaths and a difficult wake-up call regarding elder care. Reports were commissioned across Canada (B.C. reports and Ontario reports) in order to take stock of what happened and, hopefully, build a […]
In a previous article, I touched on the concept of “raw mindfulness” in order to make a point regarding how hard it is to capture reality for what it is and the mindful efforts required to cut through the fog and see things for what they are; see ourselves for what we are. Quite a lot is involved in achieving a […]
Health systems are complex. Very complex. The road to offering or getting the services needed may sometimes feel like a maze. In addition, there are multiple stakeholders involved in getting there and in assessing whether or not we got there the right way. Government and ministries of health, health professional colleges, staff, quality councils and […]
