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From Health Care to Politics, and the Politics of Health Care – Federal Parlimentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue, Cathy McLeod
Special Series on Health System Solutions Solutions for complex problems and for complex systems require a “community” a “village” to make it happen. This Blog by Cathy McLeod, MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is a great example on how politicians can provide … Continue reading
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Access, Choice and Leadership – Federal NDP Health Critic Meagan Leslie on the Health System
Special Series on Health System Solutions People heal better when they are living at home, surrounded by the people they love and in an environment in which they are comfortable. The growing number of older Canadians will require a re-visioning … Continue reading
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Health System Solutions – They’re Out There, You Just Have to Ask
Special Series on Health System Solutions Not surprisingly, I’ve been thinking a lot about our health care system lately. I suppose it’s an occupational hazard and pastime when you’re the head of Canada’s largest not-for-profit home care organization. I have … Continue reading
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Simple Solutions to Complex Problems
To listen to Eric Dishman speak, you might think that the opportunity to reduce the costs to our system is just a few simple decisions away. Rethink how you view technology. Rethink where health services should happen and care will … Continue reading
About Understanding
In Andreas Fuglesang’s book, “About Understanding”, he explores information, cross cultural communication and adult education. In one passage, he shares a study in perception based on line drawings that took place in rural Kenya. In the study, villagers were asked … Continue reading
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Are We A Healthy Nation?
The theme of the 2011 Nursing Week is “Health of the Nation”. As I reflect on this, many things come to my mind. A healthy nation has no child poverty, which we certainly have in Canada. A healthy nation has … Continue reading
Fix, Integrate and Include
Just before we started our VON AGM I had a few interesting meetings, one was with the Conference Board of Canada. As you may know, the Conference Board is known for their independent, applied research. They are a not for … Continue reading
Decisions Decisions – Managing the Challenges of Senior Care
As you know, I have the opportunity to interact with many people each day. I thought that it would be interesting and informative to share some of their observations with you from time to time, so consider this entry from … Continue reading
Welcome to My Blog
It was early summer when I told my grandson what I was thinking about doing. He replied, “What? Write a blob?” I said, “No honey, a blog not a blob. Funny sounding word isn’t it?” He agreed, and then, as … Continue reading
What We Can Learn from Children
“It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, Old woman to Santiago In Yemen, many years ago there was a shortage of Jewish books for Jewish children to read. This means the … Continue reading
Judith Shamian was the President and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses (
