Blair Bigham

1 week ago | ijb.utoronto.ca | Blair Bigham

By , Dr. Arthur Caplan is a professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health in New York City. After years investigating the shadowy world of private drug research companies that test new drugs on marginalized people, one thing was crystal clear: the system is deeply flawed, and the efforts to monitor it are dangerously inadequate.

1 month ago | ijb.utoronto.ca | Stacey Kuznetsova |Demar Grant |Blair Bigham

By , , Nurses took to the streets last month at 26 hospitals in 15 cities across Ontario – including Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa – days after the IJB and the Toronto Star published a story on how nurses are overburdened by unregulated patient loads. Low nurse-to-patient ratios can significantly undermine the quality of care and cause staff burnout. The IJB investigation found nurses in acute surgical and medical wards can care for as many as 10 patients at a time.

1 month ago | ijb.utoronto.ca | Blair Bigham

By I work in Ontario hospitals, and my reverence for nurses cannot be overstated. I see their commitment to patients every day I go to work. I also see their struggles. Understaffing in Ontario’s hospitals is not new or surprising. It’s kind of just expected. But it’s getting worse. Patients seem to accept that they will have to wait to have their needs attended to. Families graciously accept these delays, brushing off apologies and expressing empathy for nurses who are worked off their feet.

2 months ago | ijb.utoronto.ca | Demar Grant |Blair Bigham |Robert Cribb

By , , Nurses in the Niagara Health System are facing overwhelming patient loads that are undermining care and risk triggering staff burnout, according to internal hospital documents obtained by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. Workload reports filed by front-line nurses repeatedly call for staffing levels like those that have been mandated in other jurisdictions to improve the quality of care.

2 months ago | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Demar Grant |Blair Bigham

Nurses in the Niagara Health System are facing overwhelming patient loads that are undermining care and risk triggering staff burnout, according to internal hospital documents obtained by the Star and Investigative Journalism Bureau. Workload reports filed by front-line nurses repeatedly call for staffing levels like those that have been mandated in other jurisdictions to improve the quality of care.