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Energy and health-care stocks dominated this week’s best performers

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Here’s how patients want Ontario’s primary health-care system to change

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In the ongoing debate over how to improve health care in Canada, there’s a new effort to find solutions by listening to the views of patients.

The initiative — called OurCare — has surveyed thousands of ordinary Canadians about what they want from primary health care, which includes family doctors — most people’s first point of contact with the health system.

A new report outlines several key recommendations to emerge from OurCare’s first regional panel, which was focused on Ontario. Some of those recommendations include:

  • Improving patients’ access to electronic medical records.
  • Shifting more family doctors away from solo medical
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Bill 15: Quebec health-care reform plan draws backlash from stakeholders

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Quebec’s sweeping new health-care plan—Bills 15—drew a mixed reaction following its announcement Wednesday.

Several health-care professionals say it’s a massive undertaking—especially for a health minister who initially said he didn’t want reform.

“Big reforms tend to have a very destabilizing effect, and we need a clear implementation plan. [We] can’t be told, ‘do this and figure it out,'” said Natalie Stake-Doucet, past president of the Quebec Nurses Association.

“It has to be clear how this is going to take place, how these changes are going to be made step by step.”

The bill aims to create

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Benefits of Saunas after Workouts

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Saunas are wonderful for many reasons but in this post I want to focus on sauna benefits for those of you working out.

Before I jump into the benefits of saunas after workouts, I want all of you to understand that more is not always better. Be careful when doing saunas after workouts. Limit sauna time to no longer than 20 minutes to avoid over-exerting your body. If you have never used a sauna before or are new to saunas, start with shorter periods of time. Listen to your body, it will tell you if you’re spending too long in

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How is AI helping mental health care in Canada?

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When Entisar Bukair needs a moment for self-care and destress, she opens up the Mind-Easy app on her phone.

There, the London, Ont. the lawyer is greeted by her friendly, artificial intelligence (AI) avatar, who leads her through breathing exercises and listens while she vents about her busy day.

The avatar, named Olivia, speaks back to Bukair in Arabic — a feature of the app that allows users to select different languages ​​for interactions.

A friend suggested the app to Bukair last November as she was looking for an easy and regular way to take care of her mental health.

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Hotel Managers: New Career Opportunities in Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)

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As more health care facilities grow to become “medical campuses” and medical meccas for care, they emulate hotels in their quality and delivery of health and wellness (H2H) services. Many build hotels or have partner hotels for medical guests and tourists on their health campuses. An innovative approach to blending hospitality and health care can be found in Orlando, where the RosenCare model could increase lodging revenue by using medical travel to the United States. In fact, in medical centers and hospitals, after the procedure (surgery or other treatment), approximately 75% of the services provided to patients are hospitality/hotel-related services

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