Category: Policy

Deaths of despair: an urgent call for a collective response to the crisis in U.S. life expectancy

Some grim news has emerged revealing the sad decline in the health of the United States. America saw its most significant 2-year fall in life expectancy, 2.7 years, in almost 100 years. This has led to U.S. life expectancy being at its lowest since the…

Breaking down the barriers to effective bar-code medication administration

According to the Commonwealth Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the health care system in the United States continues to rank the highest in health spending, has the highest rates of avoidable deaths, and rates…

The locums industry has a beef problem

America, we have a beef problem! The inflation rate is high, and the inflation on beef is even more outrageous. At the time of this article, inflation hovers around 8 to 9 percent, while beef is priced at least 15 to 30 percent more than before COVID-1…

Canada’s health workers are sounding the alarm. We must act, now.

It is no longer hyperbole to say that we are witnessing our health system moving slowly but surely to a point where it will be very difficult to return. Despite the weighty First Ministers’ meeting with the Prime Minister on health care, complete…

Race categorizations are worsening health inequities for the South West Asian North African (SWANA) communities

The Office of Management and Budget is requesting members of the public to provide feedback on a proposal from the Biden Administration to add Middle-Eastern North African (MENA) to the 2030 U.S. Census. If the reforms pass, it would be a major victory…

Report on nurses: Make the profession more visible in media

For an impressive 21st year in a row, Americans rated nursing as the most trusted profession in the country. The 2022 Gallup poll found that 79 percent of adults said nurses have “very high” or “high” honesty and ethical standar…

An unspoken truth about non-compete clauses in medicine

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken on non-compete clauses and requested public comments on this issue for upcoming hearings. In health care, the majority of physicians have become employees, and most practices are being bought out by hospital…

We need a new approach to Black mental health

In recent weeks, an outpouring of new research has highlighted the severity of the Black mental health crisis. One new poll shows that 77% of Black and Latinx women face mental health barriers related to racism. Another new study found that Black women…

Independent Expert Commission Needed To Probe “Deadly Mistakes” Made By Government During Covid-19 Crisis

In the aftermath of the Covid crisis, we need an independent, expert commission to get to the truth about the often deadly mistakes made by government and healthcare officials.

The private health care debate in Canada: What’s the real issue?

The growing role of private health care in Canada is a hot topic at the moment. Provincial governments are outsourcing elective surgeries to the private sector and are considering or debating the option. Many Canadians are in favor because they recogni…