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Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Alberta use funding to hire nurses, counsellors, physiotherapists and other staff depending on their patients' needs.

The pandemic may have exacerbated social isolation but it did not invent it. In 2018, the United Kingdom created a ministerial portfolio for loneliness. Japan, where nearly 40% of the population report experiencing loneliness, began a similar position in 2021.

When barriers come down, pharmacy services can take flight.

Canadians have long viewed their ability to access healthcare without paying out of pocket as a quintessential Canadian quality. And having provinces run healthcare may have made sense in the days of paper and telegraphs, when integration was nigh on impossible. But today, when integration is paramount to running a healthcare system, it makes no sense.

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As Dr. Gary Kinney points out, even our ancestors had an unabashed appreciation of the value of touch.

Dr. Martha Riesberry challenges the misconception that physician surgical assistants simply follow surgeon’s orders, rather they serve as a second set of hands and eyes to improve patient outcomes.

Four simple ingredients have put us in an enviable position. And I'm not going to keep them secret.