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This report identifies extreme heat adaptation strategies that might be feasibly implemented before and during summer 2022, with a focus on vulnerable populations. Information for this report was collected through a rapid review of published and grey literature and summarizes the current evidence on strategy effectiveness and cost, as well as factors influencing implementation…
| Lindsey Warkentin, Carmen Moga, Lisa Tjosvold, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Bing Guo, Dat Tran, Negar Razavilar, Jeff Round
Since the development of the fiberoptic endoscope in the late 1950s, endoscopy has become an indispensable tool for gastroenterology. The demand for gastrointestinal endoscopy services in Canada has outstripped its availability, resulting in prolonged wait times, patient anxiety and reduced satisfaction, and potential adverse health effects. Capacity for more urgent indications…
Long COVID has no commonly accepted case definition, but is characterized generally as the persistence of any COVID-19 symptoms past the typical convalescence period. Initial reports are emerging of significant ongoing symptom burden for some COVID-19 cases, but the prevalence and profile of these long-term cases, and the potential need for or utilization of community-based supports…
Primary care services after hours in Alberta are limited, and, as a result, emergency departments have long wait times and overcrowding as they accommodate a greater number of low-acuity conditions. In recent decades, various urgent care models have been established to fill the gap between emergency and primary care, with the aim of providing unscheduled services for urgent but…