Monika Dutt

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who can’t afford to pay.

Great op-ed clearly explaining the risks of Alberta's physician dual practice proposal and Canada Health Act considerations in the Hill Times by health policy expert @karenpalmeryvr.bsky.social www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

.@meredithvanstone.bsky.social and I did an interview with the @cmaj.ca podcast on the research article we (and co-authors) published last week on how physician social identity can influence income.

The hosts were great and their reflections added to the conversation. www.cmaj.ca/page/multime...

Reading through the AB Auditor General's report released yesterday on the AB government's attempt to contract community lab services to a private, for-profit company.

Spoiler: it didn't save money or decrease wait times. It did the opposite.

Full report: www.oag.ab.ca/reports/an-e...

Lastly, a helpful infographic!

(Direct link: fammed.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/...)

More here from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Health Sciences: healthsci.mcmaster.ca/doctors-ofte...

Family physician pay inequality: a qualitative study exploring how physician responses to perceived patient expectations may explain gender, race, and immigration status pay differences Background: Pay inequality related to social identity has been observed among physicians, even after accounting for hours worked and specialty. Physician identity factors, such as gender and race, may...

Excited to be co-author on this study published today in @cmaj.ca looking at pay disparities between physicians based on social identity.

One possible contributor: doctors often adjust how they practice based on identity-driven expectations of patients. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...

This is disappointing...but we can regain #measles elimination status once transmission associated with the current outbreak is interrupted for at least 12 months.

Make sure you/your family are vaccinated! Information from NS Health: www.nshealth.ca/publi.../inf...

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Important research by Fuller et al on the impact precarious/unstable employment of parent(s) can have on child mental health and performance.

The recommendations are key: high-quality employment is essential, ie through employment standards and unionization.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40037834/

Important analysis in the @cmaj.ca looking at government partnerships with corporate virtual primary care.

Key points below, including responsibilities of governments when partnering with private companies to provide care.

Full article here: www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Glad to hear the first caller on CBC Check-Up ask about why the genocide in Gaza was being glossed over/ignored (on this show and and in coverage in genera). Unfortunate that the question was avoided.

Use of temporary foreign workers soars in Canadian health care The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada’s health-care sector has soared over the past two decades, rising by nearly 1,700 per cent between 2000 and 2022, as the country

Statistics Canada data reveals temp foreign workers in healthcare up 1,700% in 20 yrs. Insecure status = exploitation & worse care. As @danyaalraza.com says: bad conditions for workers = bad for patients. Permanent status for all = health for all. #Justice4Workers www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Cuts coming to the Public Health Agency of Canada...this is not good.

v the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC)

Encouraging people to be a Fluwatcher (+ Covid-19 watcher). It's a weekly survey that takes less than a minute to do and helps create better data to monitor and understand the spread of respiratory diseases across the country.

Sign-up here: public.cnphi-rcrsp.ca/fluWatcher/r...

Great to see updated Core Competencies for Public Health! Developed by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health. nccph.ca/projects/202...

Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’ CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.

Workers defying back-to-work orders shows growing mistrust of a system stacked against them. Govt bias fuels militancy and pushes unions beyond legal labour action. My comments in @thestar.com #canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants @cupescfp.bsky.social

www.thestar.com/business/air...

What Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Are Fighting For Defying an order to end the strike, union president Wesley Lesosky proclaimed,

Defying an order to end the strike, the union's president proclaimed:

"If we stick together, they can’t fire us all."

Here's what Air Canada flight attendants are fighting for:

pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...

Where are they? By terminal 1?

I'm one of the many people who has had long-planned vacation flights completely thrown off this week...AND I completely support the flight attendants. It's Air Canada that has created this situation through paying low wages and demanding unpaid labour.

Noooo.

Frustrating and maybe not surprising that airline attendants were so quickly prevented from acting on their right to strike.

I support Air Canada airline attendants, a workforce that is majority women, as they fight for a fair wage -- and not having to volunteer their labour.

Ontario doctors don't get paid when they treat uninsured patients. Here's how that might change | CBC News Several times a week, a man comes to the busy ER in Toronto where Dr. Bernard Ho works — and the doctors treat him, despite the fact that they’re not being paid for it. The Ontario Medical Association...

Good job @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social for taking a step in the right direction.

What we truly need is #Healthcare4All regardless of immigration status. Healthcare providers shouldn't need to decide on who "deserves" health care based on immigration status. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario doctors don't get paid when they treat uninsured patients. Here's how that might change | CBC News Several times a week, a man comes to the busy ER in Toronto where Dr. Bernard Ho works — and the doctors treat him, despite the fact that they’re not being paid for it. The Ontario Medical Association...

Doctors shouldn't have to choose who "deserves" care. As emergency physician @bernardho.bsky.social said, "This is a health equity issue for Ontario’s most vulnerable."

We need a permanent program that provides #Healthcare4All regardless of immigration status.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dr. Jennifer Turnbull on the current situation in #Gaza. They make the important point that the "hunger crisis" in Gaze is, in fact, a "manufactured condition of forced starvation".

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Screenshot of registration page for Canadian Doctors For Medicare's Webinar on Heatwaves: protecting health in a climate crisis

On August 5, @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social is hosting a webinar to explore how to cope with heat—and how better medicare could save lives.
Can't wait to join 2 of my heroes, @monikadutt.bsky.social + @edwardxie.bsky.social, and all of you, in conversation.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar on Heatwaves: protecting health in a climate crisis Canada is heating up twice as fast as the global average. Extreme heat is putting increasing strain on our health and health systems. Join us on August 5 at 7 pm ET to learn about ways to cope with heat and how better Medicare could save lives. To register for the webinar follow the link We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Melissa Lem and Dr. Monika Dutt to the panel, with Dr. Edward Xie moderating the discussion. We look forward to seeing you there!

With most of Canada under heat 🚨 warnings this week, I'll be hosting a conversation on #heatwaves and #health with @drmelissalem.bsky.social & @monikadutt.bsky.social

Join us August 5 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thanks @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social & @cape-acme.bsky.social

Tackling communicable disease surveillance and misinformation in Canada [See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250641][1] A crisis of communicable diseases is unfolding in North America, just as Canada’s health systems’ responses are being hampered b...

A call to strengthen communicable disease surveillance in Canada. #publichealth www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Screenshot of CBC Radio's What On Earth webpage showing the episode "What On Earth turns 5! What's changed in the climate fight?"

Melissa, Anabela Bonada and Catherine Abreu in the virtual Riverside recording room after their interview for CBC Radio's What On Earth with Jason D'Souza

"Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is healthcare."
CBC's What On Earth turned 5 this week, and invited some of their favourite guests back to mark the occasion.
Honoured to join Anabela Bonda + Cat Abreu, hosted by @jasondsouza.bsky.social.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
@cape-acme.bsky.social

Should be fixed now! Thanks for pointing that out.

Please share and/or complete this survey if:

- you are a worker in BC who gained paid sick days through legislation in Jan 2022 OR
- you are a worker in ON without paid sick days

Link to survey here: redcap.link/paidsickdays or via QR code.

DM me for Spanish/Tagalog/Punjabi posters.

Health-data companies selling access to patient records, study says Research paper highlights potential downsides when private companies are integrated into the health care system in crucial roles without enough oversight

"Some health-data companies are selling access to patient records to pharmaceutical companies without patients’ knowledge, according to a new study."

Yes, a Canadian finding. Via @healthtechsoclab.bsky.social.

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