Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. The three cost scenarios are based on assumptions shown in the fine print on the first chart: The medium scenario, a sort of “return to normal” where medical trend could stay even at 6.0%, equal to the 2020 trend.

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Healthy Debate

JUNE 24, 2020

Since American psychiatrist Robert N. Butler first coined the term in 1969, “ageism” has become one of the greatest impediments to modern medicine. Defined as the systematic stereotyping and discrimination against people because they are old, ageism is ubiquitous in Canadian healthcare.

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Health Dialog

JUNE 22, 2020

This week, June 15 to 21, marks Men’s Health Week. Celebrated internationally, the purpose of this week is to raise the awareness of preventable health problems, and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. This year, Men’s Health Week offers an opportunity to shine a light on the urgent matter of preventing the spread of the coronavirus—which is hitting men particularly hard.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

Today kicks off the first all-virtual conference of the ATA, the American Telemedicine Association. ATA’s CEO Ann Mond Johnson and team turned on a dime over the past few months, migrating the already-planned live conference scheduled in early May to this week, all online. I’ll be midwifing a panel this afternoon at 440 pm Eastern time, initially focused on how health care can garner patient loyalty.

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Healthy Debate

JUNE 23, 2020

The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to many paradigm shifts in the delivery of healthcare. Virtual care is probably the most visible and stark change. Overnight, Canadian healthcare transformed itself from a heavy reliance on face-to-face encounters to a majority of interactions occurring via secure videoconferencing or telephone support, accelerating a change that had been years, if not decades, in the making.

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Healthy Debate

JUNE 22, 2020

As Canadian hospitals evolve with the COVID-19 pandemic and elective surgeries resume, it is a timely opportunity to reflect on the power of language in health care.An “elective” medical procedure is one relating to, being, or involving a nonemergency that is planned in advance and is not immediately essential to the survival of the patient.

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