Sad to see this garbled debate about overdose prevention sites in TO - people are sleeping in your laneway because we have a shelter crisis. The reason you are seeing needles in parks is that we are in the midst of a fentanyl epidemic. Don't mistake the treatment for the disease

Will price be a barrier to new #cancer #immunotherapy? Advisory group ⁦@CADTH_ACMTS⁩ recommends no funding for new CAR-T therapy until drug company lowers cost. By ⁦@KCroweCBC⁩ via ⁦CBC Health News⁩ #cdnhealth #pharma #bigpharna cbc.ca/news/health/ca…

We continue Rob F's story about treating Ebola in Africa in today's Faces of Health Care: healthydebate.ca/faces-health-c…

The fallout from #Ebola, w/ Dr. Rob Fowler healthydebate.ca/faces-health-c… (part 1) healthydebate.ca/faces-health-c… (part 2) via Healthy Debate

Treating #Ebola in West Africa fundamentally changed #UofTMed Prof Rob Fowler (part 2) Healthy Debate World Health Organization (WHO) bit.ly/2oIgTmg

Escorts for #Indigenous women birthing far from home: This is how public policy should work - announced one day, implemented the next. x.com/sarah0rogers/s…

To improve #Indigenous health, change expectations: It's not unfixable. By André Picard Globe Opinion #cdnhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/to-imp…

Pt preferences, environmental impact & implementation some of the considerations for @CADTH_ACMTS's HTERP deliberative framework #CADTHSymp

Thank you Lisa Schwartz for bringing the ethics lens to HTA @CADTH_ACMTS. The HTERP core team will miss you.

One size doesn’t fit all: The importance of diversity in research by Vanessa Milne Jeremy Petch Mike Tierney healthydebate.ca/2017/06/topic/…

Infuriating. Yep quack. Dangerous, misleading, nonsense. Here is a nice review on benefits of #sunscreen via Healthy Debate x.com/HealthWatch123…

"The medication I’m on costs $1,400 every two months - more than I make." - Amrit on the value of pharmacare. healthydebate.ca/faces-health-c…

Emergency room overcrowding: causes and cures by Vanessa Milne @DrJoshuaTepper & Jeremy Petch healthydebate.ca/2017/06/topic/…

Join Jeremy Petch & André Picard at Bright Lights Reception. #AFHTO2017 early bird closes Oct. 2! #primarycare ow.ly/eGc430fpRtL

This bunch of yahoos in from Toronto - thanks for the hospitality, Cleveland! @TweetQTV

Do drug funding decisions need PR? healthydebate.ca/2017/11/topic/… via Healthy Debate

For the first time, a large Canadian study finds double-booked surgeries put #patients at risk: ICES bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/… via The Boston Globe #patientsafety

That is short-sighted and counter-productive. The only way to improve treatment and care is with research. We need more, not less, investment in health research - basic, clinical and health services - not just evermore spending on the status quo. x.com/SLiCKSolutions…

On #BellLetsTalk Day, we return to Jeremy Petch on the need to fund community psychotherapy, which should be the first line in treating mild to moderate depression, anxiety and ADHD. healthydebate.ca/opinions/lets-…

Are changes coming to the system for setting drug prices in Canada that will offer patients better access to the medications they need? PMPRB_CEPMB Vanessa Milne Jeremy Petch Healthy Debate healthydebate.ca/2018/03/topic/…