The rate of suicide attempts in children and adolescents increased by 22 per cent during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic.
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Ambulance response times have not always met targets, but the alarming new pinch point in our health-care system is that there are no ambulances at all available to respond to calls.
As visits to emergency departments surge — and in some cases overwhelm hospitals — here are answers to frequently asked questions about Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Family physicians are on the frontline of health care, and their observations and support can help us get through the upcoming winter season.
The future of our health system depends on recruiting and retaining passionate and highly skilled health-care workers. It’s essential to build work environments where they feel supported and safe.
Delirium doesn’t just harm vulnerable seniors. It prolongs hospital stays, ties up beds and clogs emergency rooms. Mandating senior-friendly hospital care protects patients and the health-care system.
In a well-functioning health care system, the emergency room would be able to meet the needs of all of its patients in a timely manner.
Emergency rooms wait times are notoriously long, sometimes even for the sickest patients. A new study shows that the long wait times are driving up health care costs.
A doctor explains how he introduces mindfulness to self-harming youth in the emergency room.
A hospital’s trauma unit witnesses the extreme of physical injury and pain during the holiday season. Here’s a snapshot of what we see.
A new study exploring the number of alcohol-related injuries treated at Sydney emergency department has found the lockout seem to be having an impact.
Nearly half of the surveyed patients who had used after-hours doctor services reported they would have attended an emergency room had an after-hours GP been unavailable.
The Affordable Care Act gets blamed for many health care ills, but here’s one condition that it should not be blamed for.
One-third of outpatient care is for an immediate medical issue. Yet these services – known as acute care – are part of a fragmented, bewildering system. Here is how you change that.
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Director, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor (Operations & Healthcare), The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Diana Egerton-Warburton es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor, Monash University
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Trauma Fellow & Emergency Physician, The National Trauma Research Institute
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Anaesthesiologist and trauma consultant, The National Trauma Research Institute
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Health Science Specialist, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
