All posts by: The Cameron Institute

06 Aug

Benefits Outweigh Costs in Universal Healthcare: Business Case for Reimbursement of Take-home Cancer Medicines in Ontario and Atlantic Canada

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From the American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2014 4 (4) By D. Wayne Taylor, The Cameron Institute Cancer has the fastest growing prevalence of any non-communicable disease in Canada. Oral and other take-home cancer drugs have been a major game-changer allowing cancer patients to live longer while staying at home without the stressful
01 Apr

Denial, Shame and Acceptance: Generating Base-line Knowledge and Understanding of Fecal Incontinence amongst Long-term Care Residents and Care Providers

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Authors: D. Wayne Taylor, Jacqueline J. Cahill, Diaa E. E. Rizk The study aimed to determine the prevalence and understanding of fecal incontinence amongst a sample of long-term care residents and care providers in Ontario, Canada. A pilot qualitative study was conducted of 16 patients living with fecal incontinence and 9 of their healthcare providers
31 Mar

Where is the innovation?

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From Healthcare Management Forum Opinion by D. Wayne Taylor, Executive Director of The Cameron Institute and response from the Editor-in-Chief Dear Editor-in-Chief, There is little doubt that Canadian healthcare needs  innovation. This journal, to its credit, recently devoted an entire issue to that. But we missed the mark. I am not being critical of the authors
10 Mar

The Institutionalized Discrimination of Cancer Patients– Not What Tommy Douglas Intended: A Business Case for the Universal Coverage of Oral Cancer Medicines in Ontario and Atlantic Canada

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A Business Case for the Universal Coverage of Oral Cancer Medicines D. Wayne Taylor, Ph.D., F.CIM Executive Director Download the full report: A Business Case for the Universal Coverage of Oral Cancer Medicines Cancer is projected to have the fastest growing prevalence of any non-communicable disease in Canada from 2003-2023. The news is not all bad
01 Nov

Qualitative study of employment of physician assistants by physicians

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Benefits and barriers in the Ontario health care system Authors: Maureen T. Taylor CCPA, D. Wayne Taylor PhD FCIM, Kristen Burrows CCPA MSc, John Cunnington MD FRCPC, Andrea Lombardi CCPA MBA, Michelle Liou MSc Main findings Physician-specific benefits to hiring PAs included increased flexibility, the opportunity to expand practice, the ability to focus more time