Opioid addiction has emerged as a pressing publichealth challenge in recent years. From January 2016 to
March 2018 more than 8,000 opioid-related deaths were
recorded.(1) In 2018, the number of apparent opioidrelated deaths continues to rise, with more than 1,000
deaths in the first three months of the y...
Nurses have a long tradition of informally working in
expanded roles in rural and remote communities in
Canada (e.g., outpost nurses).(1; 2) The formalization of
the nurse practitioner role in Canada began in the mid1960s as a response to four interrelated factors: 1)
introduction of publicly funded heal...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is used “to describe
a broader spectrum of presentations and disabilities resulting
from alcohol exposure in utero.”(1) FASD affects fetal and
brain development and may result in limitations to any of an
individual’s: memory; sensory integration; social
commun...
Momentum for patient and caregiver engagement in
health and social care is growing across Ontario.(1) This
is evidenced by a number of recently released strategies
and frameworks highlighting the importance of
involving Ontarians in their own care as informed
consumers of health and social services. One ...
Provincial and territorial health systems across Canada
continue to struggle with delivering timely access to
primary-care services. In 2016, 74% of Canadians reported
in the Commonwealth International Health Policy Survey
that they received excellent or very good care from their
regular doctor, which is...
Positioning primary care as the cornerstone of the
health system and establishing primary-care providers as
the gatekeepers and coordinators of care has been a
long-sought aim of health systems around the world.
Further, a main aim of this goal in Canada has been to
have a primary-care provider that is r...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
El 15 de julio de 2017 aparece el primer caso de un brote con características de evento inusitado en un trabajador de una lechería en la provincia de Osorno, región de Los Lagos, Chile. A fines del mes de octubre ya se habían notificado 56 casos y se logra obtener las primeras...
Chile,
d0041940,
d0117780,
ddcs0296530,
d0062620,
Animal Husbandry,
Viral Zoonoses,
Coxiella burnetii,
Occupational Health,
Pest Control,
Security Measures,
Vaccination
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
El problema ligado a los tiempos y listas de espera para acceder a una determinada acción de salud ha implicado una creciente insatisfacción con respecto a los sistemas de salud. El Ministerio de Salud de Chile puso en marcha un plan nacional, el cual tiene como objetivo reducir...
Chile,
d0135020,
ddcs0502240,
d0062910,
d0139950,
d0148500,
Health Policy,
Decision Making,
Elective Surgical Procedures,
Waiting Lists,
Clinical Governance,
Health Priorities
Dementia is a complex condition and refers to
“progressive brain syndromes which affect memory,
thinking, behavior and emotion.”(1) While the
experience of dementia is different for each person, it
eventually progresses to an individual not being able to
care for themselves and requiring assistance w...
The environment in which children are growing up
today is very different than that of previous generations.
There has been tremendous innovation in how society
operates, with the rapid expansion of technology,
globalization of businesses, new careers and
opportunities, and increasingly diverse communitie...
