Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadians have the highest rates of emergency room visits among high-income countries. We need a better care model
Author: Tara Kiran
Over the last decade, Dr. Kiran has led a program of research evaluating the impact of primary care reforms on quality in primary care in Ontario. She and her team have studied the impact of financial incentives on diabetes care and cancer screening, compared chronic disease prevention and management between various practice models, evaluated the impact of mandated after-hours provision on emergency department use, explored the association between the access bonus and healthcare use, and highlighted the quality gaps for patients left out of enrolment models. More recently, she is focusing her efforts on quality improvement research including initiatives to improve cancer screening rates, measure and reduce care disparities, and support physicians to learn from data. She is currently also an Embedded Clinician Researcher with Health Quality Ontario where she leads a program of research to improve the experience of care for patients transitioning from hospital to home.
Health-care is stuck in a decades-old communication model
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients want to book appointments online, track the status of their referrals and access their records. That all requires political leadership
For colon cancer, the best test is the one you’re willing to do
Reading Time: 4 minutes New immigrants and those from poorer neighbourhoods screened at lower rates in Canada
One in six Ontarians left behind in health-care reforms
Reading Time: 3 minutes Urban poor and new immigrants are less likely to be part of a family health group – and less likely to get high-quality care