Eugene Litvak

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Eugene Litvak, PhD, is president and Chief Executive Officer of the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Optimization and an adjunct professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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by Devina Maya Wadhwa

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

We have more language than ever to describe mental health, but not always more clarity about what those words mean.
by Élise Boulanger Neb Kovacina Marwa Ilali Claire Grillet Héloïse Moulart

From burden to blueprint: Clinicians and patients as co-architects of primary care’s digital future 

Clinicians and patients are not simply users to be consulted. They are indispensable partners – co-architects of a digital transformation that serves care, not the other way around.
by Kathryn Andrusky

Who owns the results?

When it comes to diagnostic test results, patient access to information has expanded rapidly. Responsibility for interpreting and acting on that information has not expanded in the same way.
by Tara Moroz

People increasingly are turning to AI for health questions but should it be trusted?

The convenience of turning to AI or health information is appealing. But it raises an important question: how reliable are these answers when the topic is our health?
by Elina Aliieva

Protecting nursing students: The need for placement site guidelines in smaller clinics

Clinical education is a regulated and mandatory component of professional entry-to-practice. Strengthening placement guidelines could help anticipate shifts in placement availability by promoting clearer expectations and safeguards.
by Nancy Poole Lindsay Wolfson

Preventing alcohol use during pregnancy is a policy problem, not a personal failure

The solution to fetal alcohol syndrome prevention is not simply to tell women not to drink, assuming they either don’t know enough or don’t care enough. The solution is to create policy environments that make prevention possible.
by Caroline Ewen

Ethical recruitment of internationally educated health professionals: From principles to action

With one of the highest volumes of migrant intake in the world, Canada has both a responsibility and an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in ethical recruitment and for policymakers to support implementation of WHO code-aligned policies and practices.
by Suman Virdee

Beyond stereotypes: Family doctors’ pivotal role in detecting substance use disorders

Primary care clinics can be the best place for detection because of the stigma patients feel when walking into a specialized clinic.
by Dat Nguyen

HPV vaccination in Canada: Progress made, gaps remaining

It is critical for federal and provincial policymakers to act decisively to achieve public health goals, particularly in light of a concerning decline in HPV vaccine coverage.
by Hayley Pelletier

Flawed by design: The case of the Saskatchewan fertility treatment tax credit

Saskatchewan’s fertility treatment tax credit is fundamentally inequitable, exclusionary and revealing of whose access to care is prioritized – and whose is not.
by Evan Weber

It’s time to act: Canada needs standardized genetic testing for breast cancer care

Every patient deserves to know if their breast cancer is hereditary, if their treatment could be more precise and if their loved ones are at risk.
by Katherine Joa Rauch

Canada’s health-care systems are practicing disaster medicine every day

Across Canada, clinicians are increasingly working in environments where the demand for care far exceeds the resources available.
by Devina Maya Wadhwa

The fabric of care: It is nurses who hold our health system together

If Canada hopes to strengthen its health-care system, we must recognize and support the profession that sustains it every day.
by Abrar Ahmed

I am a new doctor; Ford is wrong about ‘basketweaving majors’

The Ontario Student Assistance Program is more than just taxpayer money. It is the people’s belief in the immense potential of every student to rise above their station and be of service to the public.
by Gabriel Fabreau Annalee Coakley

Alberta can’t rely on immigrant workers while denying them health care

Alberta cannot build a functioning health system by recruiting newcomers to sustain it while denying some of them the care and education that allow them to live, work and stay.
by Élise Boulanger Neb Kovacina Marwa Ilali

Digital tools promise better care. Are they delivering on the Quintuple Aim?

If primary care is increasingly digital, are these tools helping us move toward better patient experience, health outcomes, lower costs, improved clinician well-being and greater equity?
by Don Wilson

Rather than a ‘chilling effect’, Bill S-228 provides protection from forced sterilization

The intention of Bill S-228 is to clarify the law on aggravated assault, not to create any laws to target physicians providing care under currently accepted norms and methods.
by Larry W. Chambers Taylor Strachan

Expanding dementia prevention and care beyond randomized control trials

In dementia care relying only on randomized controlled trials can leave out a large amount of strong research that reflects real-world complexity.
by Adrienne Lam

Sharing the waterfront with e-scooters and e-bikes

If we listen to the people who use the roads, including walkers, bicyclists as well as riders of e-bikes and e-scooters, we can design roads so that getting around feels safer and more pleasant.
by Janice E. Parente

Is industry shaping Canada’s research ethics ecosystem?

Canada’s research governance framework must be strong enough to ensure that research ethics oversight remains independent – and that protecting research participants is its first obligation.

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