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June 30, 2026

Optimizing Opioid Addiction Treatment in Correctional Centres: Learnings From Alberta, Canada

Preliminary evidence of Alberta’s Correctional Health Services and Virtual Opioid Dependency Program to improve opioid use disorder screening and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in provincial corrections appears to have had a profound effect. Key improvements include increased screening and OAT initiations and decreased wait times to treatment and post-custodial release drug poisonings. Kevin Wipf et. al. cover Improving Mental Healthcare in the latest issue of Healthcare Quarterly.

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This weeks' episode The Public vs. Private Discussion features Colleen Flood, Dean, Faculty of Law, Queen's University.

Past episodes include guests Arthur Sweetman, Janet Davidson and Kelly Lamrock. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Jul 02, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Quesnel, B.C., rolling out the red carpet to attract U.S.-trained doctors — and it's working

2026-07-02 from cbc.ca The community of Quesnel in northern B.C. is pulling out all the stops to attract U.S.-trained physicians and solve previously long waits for family doctors. A health-care rec [...]

Jul 02, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Opinion: The Canadians who emigrate to get U.S. healthcare

2026-07-02 from nationalpost.com by Jack Mintz and Neil Seeman Every July 1, we surrender to the anesthesia of rituals: a stylized maple-leaf exceptionalism, a collective sigh of relief tha [...]

Jul 02, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
New details revealed about Ontario child’s 2024 rabies death

2026-07-02 from ctvnews.ca Doctors are urging people to seek medical attention if they have any contact with bats to prevent potential rabies infection. In Monday’s issue of the Canadian [...]

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Healthcare Quarterly
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Launched in June 2024, the Sunnybrook-to-Home (SB2H) program was designed to support older adults' transitions from hospital to home through the integration of hospital, home care and community services. Between June 2024 and December 2025, 593 unique patients were enrolled, with approximately 33% referred from the emergency department. Patients who enrolled in SB2H experienced faster access to home care (average 1 day vs. a Toronto Central regional average of 5 days) and shorter alternate level [...]

 

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