Diana Duong

Apr 30, 2023 | cmaj.ca | Lauren Vogel |Diana Duong

Apr 30, 2023 | cmaj.ca | Lauren Vogel |Diana Duong

Spotlight on federal policyFrom issuing health platform guides during election season, to providing backgrounders on the evolving legal landscape of complex issues like medical assistance in dying,36 psychedelics37 and abortion,38 CMAJ News has sought to cut through the noise surrounding federal health policy.

Apr 23, 2023 | cmaj.ca | Diana Duong |Lauren Vogel

More than one in five Canadians — an estimated 6.5 million people — do not have a family physician or nurse practitioner they see regularly, according to a national survey. That’s a dramatic increase since 2019 when Statistics Canada estimated only 4.5 million people did not have a regular health care provider. The OurCare initiative, led by Tara Kiran at Unity Health Toronto, surveyed more than 9000 people across Canada last fall about their access to primary care and preferences for the future.

Apr 23, 2023 | cmaj.ca | Diana Duong |Lauren Vogel

Apr 23, 2023 | cmaj.ca | Diana Duong

Canada’s health care system alone accounts for nearly 5% of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, putting it ahead of the aviation industry. In 2021, Canada joined more than 50 nations in committing to achieving low-carbon, sustainable health systems, but so far, much of the progress toward that goal has come from the voluntary efforts of individual physicians.