“Primary care is the bedrock foundation for our healthcare system and the collapse of this will have after shocks felt at all levels of health care delivery. Having a family physician means promoting preventative medicine, doing outpatient work ups re directing care away from overwhelmed ER departments when appropriate, providing earlier more manageable disease diagnosis, collaborating with specialist and ensuring you get the best care possible. We are instrumental in decreasing the number of in patients and over capacity at the hospital. We help transition patients to short stay units, long term care or follow up on our discharged patients, and some of us even do house calls for the infirm. Good care means taking initiative and ensuring our patients don’t fall through the ever enlarging cracks in the system.”
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What if air travel worked like healthcare?
Why are healthcare workers burning out?
Given that healthcare workers have been dealing with the pandemic for over two years, it is fully understandable that many of them are burnt or burning out. Howevever, as the following statement suggests, the underlying reason for healthcare worker burnout may have existed well before the pandemic began.
“Our system was not okay before COVID-19. It was functioning because of the people in it, and because they give 110 percent every time they come into work….The cracks that were there widened and it became apparent to everybody.”
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The Cold Hard Facts
Cold hard facts about the effect of Wave 5 on healthcare in AB:
— Dr. Shazma Mithani (@shazmamithani) January 20, 2022
1. non-ICU acute care is significantly above capacity with both COVID and non-COVID related illnesses.
2. ERs are seeing unprecedented wait times.
3. EMS is stretched very thin – many areas with no ambulances. /1
Help to Define Patient Safety
Let's redefine #PatientSafety together! The definition of #PatientSafety has evolved over time & continues to change in response to the world around us. Learn more about the history in our new blog & help us chart the path to a new definition in a new way: https://t.co/VZXUX1XAcN pic.twitter.com/H94EWzOXXz
— Healthcare Excellence CA | Excellence en santé CA (@HE_ES_Canada) January 4, 2022
“Voice of an Angel”
“Amanda Visconti tunes her acoustic guitar and warms up her vocals, as the 25-year-old singer-songwriter prepares for her audience at Miami Cancer Institute, as a member of the Art in Medicine program.” Click here to read the full article.
Rallies in Alberta?
Still not sure what #PoPAB is all about? Alberta doctors are not calling for lockdowns. Help us support the call for #TestTraceIsolateAB by attending protests, contacting elected officials, and signing the petition at https://t.co/tVFYAYAmKp #AbLeg #abhealth pic.twitter.com/y5A0OOls6R
— Alberta Activist Collective (@ActivistAlberta) August 7, 2021
Question to Ponder
Podcast – Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
Get Involved
🚨🚨Our team is looking for former #ICU patients and family members to participate in virtual focus groups and interviews. We want to hear your thoughts on #tests and #treatments in the ICU. Email us at kkrewula at https://t.co/oQ82vO0fkK pic.twitter.com/LfSLiHDwbg
— Kirsten Fiest (@kmfiest) February 20, 2021