Healthcare News Feed

Welcome to Caring Support's news feed. We've compiled some interesting news articles relating to healthcare and written our own abstracts for your enjoyment!

Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of Caring Support.

Nurses Beyond Nursing Podcast

Nurses Beyond Nursing - Instagram Live Discussion with Barbara Olas, Homayra Ahmed, and Ashley Fox

We sat down with Barbara Olas, Homayra Ahmed, and Ashley Fox, three wonderful and inspirational women in nursing, to discuss topics such as burnout, new grad tips, and entrepreneurship.

July 6, 2022
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Advocates and Providers Say Canada Should Prepare for a Potential Rise in Medical Tourism

As abortion becomes banned in some U.S. states, advocates and providers think Canada should be prepared for a potential rise in medical tourism. Dr. Dustin Costescu, an OB-GYN at Hamilton Health Sciences, said provinces should increase funding for abortion clinics to ensure they can meet this potential surge in demand, while others think even a small number of Americans with the means to seek abortion care in Canada could pose a problem for clinics that are already strained for capacity.

June 30, 2022
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London Ont. Researchers Get Federal Funding for PTSD Program for Healthcare Workers

Two London, Ont., researchers received funding from the federal government to launch a nationwide program that focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the mental well-being of healthcare workers. Dr. Don Richardson and Dr. Anthony Nazarov from the Lawson Health Research Institute got $2.8 million from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to adapt the existing Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) program, originally created for the Canadian Military.

June 30, 2022
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5th Place Podcast Interview

What Is Emotional Fitness and Why Everyone Should Work On It? A Conversation with the 5th Place

At Caring Support, we make an effort to provide healthcare workers and other people in the industry with as much knowledge as we can about health and wellbeing. That's why on our most recent podcast we talked all about emotional fitness. We sat down with Chantal Dawtrey and Matthew Green, who are emotional fitness experts and coaches from Johannesburg, South Africa, where they run 5th Place, an organization that teaches people how to become and remain emotionally fit.

June 29, 2022
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New Data Shows Canadians Are Unhappy with How Provinces Are Handling Health Care

According to new data from the Angus Reid Institute, most Canadians are deeply unhappy with how their provinces are handling health care in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the eight years since the non-profit institute has been measuring public attitudes toward health care management, the percentage of Canadians who give their provinces a failing grade on health has never been so high.

June 24, 2022
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Solutions to Ontario ER Waits Are Found Beyond Hospitals

The record-high wait times in emergency departments in Ontario are in large part symptoms of problems elsewhere in the health-care system, well beyond the emergency room doors. Experts say the key long-term solutions to this involve significant increases in capacity at long-term care homes and a greater supply of home care, both of which are a long way down the healthcare line from the ER, and both of which will take time. 

June 23, 2022
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