Resources
Resources for Healthcare in Ontario and beyond
Healthcare System Resources
Government of Canada. (n.d.). Provincial and territorial health care resources. Health Canada. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/canada-health-care-system-medicare/provincial-territorial-health-care-resources.html
Government of Ontario. (1991). Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, R.S.O. 1991, c. 18. Ontario e-Laws. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/91r18
College of Nurses of Ontario. (n.d.). Standards and guidelines. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://www.cno.org/standards-learning/standards-guidelines/standards-guidelines
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. (n.d.). Developing and sustaining nursing leadership. RNAO Best Practice Guidelines. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/developing-and-sustaining-nursing-leadership
Definition of Health/Determinants of Health Resources
Krahn, G.L., Robinson, A., Murray, A., Havercamp, S.M. (2021). It’s time to reconsider how we define health: Perspective from disability and chronic condition. Disability and Health Journal, 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101129
Brook. R. H. (2017). Should the definition of health include a measure of tolerance? JAMA, 317 (6), 585-586. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.14372 (link https://0-jamanetwork-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/journals/jama/fullarticle/2601506 )
Schramme, T. (2023). Health as Complete Well-Being: The WHO Definition and Beyond. Public Health Ethics, 16 (3), 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phad017
https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1
https://ontario.cmha.ca/provincial-policy/social-determinants/
Multimorbidity in large Canadian urban centres: A multilevel analysis of pooled 2015–2018 cross-sectional cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey. (2021). Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565211058037
Karches, K., DeCamp, M., George, M., Prochaska, M., Saunders, M., Thorsteinsdottir, B., & Dzeng, E. (2021). Spheres of influence and strategic advocacy for equity in medicine. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36(11), 3537–3540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06723-1
Hamilton Public Health Services. Hamilton’s Community Health Status Report. Hamilton: City of Hamilton; 2024.
Chronic Disease Management Resources
CorHealth Ontario. (n.d.). Saving lower limbs: Introducing a new Ontario lower-limb preservation strategy. https://www.corhealthontario.ca/WEBINAR_Saving_Lower-Limbs-Introducing_a_new_Ontario_Lower-Limb_Preservation_Strategy-FINAL.pdf
Government of Ontario. (2025, January 23). Preventing and living with diabetes.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/preventing-and-living-diabetes
Diabetes Canada. (n.d.). Diabetes in Ontario. https://www.diabetes.ca/research-(1)/advocacy-reports/national-and-provincial-backgrounders/diabetes-in-ontario
Trillium Health Partners. (n.d.). Centre for complex diabetes care. https://www.thp.ca/patientservices/diabetesservicesforadults/Pages/Centre-for-Complex-Diabetes-Care.aspx
Government of Ontario. (2024, March 9). Ontario providing access to innovative technology for diabetes care. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1001234/ontario-providing-access-to-innovative-technology-for-diabetes-care
Mathews, M., Lyons, R., Harris, S., Hedden, L., Choi, Y.-H., Donnan, J., Green, M. E., Harvey, E., Reichert, S. M., Ryan, B., Sibbald, S., & Meredith, L. (2024). Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design. BMJ Open, 14(6), e088737. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088737
St. Joseph’s Health Care London. (n.d.). Primary care diabetes support program. https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/areas-of-care/centre-diabetes-endocrinology-and-metabolism/primary-care-diabetes-support-program
Hamilton Health Sciences. (n.d.). Research & innovation. https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/research-innovation/innovation/
Drayton, D. J., Birch, R. J., D'Souza-Ferrer, C., Ayres, M., Howell, S. J., & Ajjan, R. A. (2022). Diabetes mellitus and perioperative outcomes: A scoping review of the literature. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 128(5), 817–828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.013
Vulnerable Populations Resources
Cancer Care Ontario. (2022). Ontario cancer statistics 2022: Key findings 2022. Cancer Care Ontario. https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/data-research/view-data/statistical-reports/ontario-cancer-statistics-2022/key-findings-2022
Cancer Care Ontario. (n.d.). Joint cancer care Aboriginal committee. Cancer Care Ontario. https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/cancer-care-ontario/programs/aboriginal-programs/joint-cancer-care-aboriginal-committee
Cancer Care Ontario. (n.d.). Indigenous cancer care unit. Cancer Care Ontario. https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/cancer-care-ontario/programs/indigenous-cancer-care-unit
Hamilton Health Sciences. (n.d.). Indigenous cancer care program. Hamilton Health Sciences. https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/areas-of-care/cancer-care/cancer-services/indigenous-cancer-care-program/
Ontario Health. (n.d.). Indigenous services & resources. Ontario Health. https://www.ontariohealth.ca/getting-health-care/indigenous-services-resources
Beckett, M., Cole, K., White, M., Chan, J., McVicar, J., Rodin, D., Clemons, M., & Bourque, J.-M. (2021). Decolonizing cancer care in Canada. Journal of Cancer Policy, 30, 100309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2021.100309
Future Of Healthcare Resources
Canadian Medical Association. (2022, February). Virtual care in Canada: Progress and potential. https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/2022-02/Virtual-Care-in-Canada-Progress-and-Potential-EN.pdf
Canadian Institute for Health Information. (2022, March). Expansion of virtual care in Canada: Current trends and future opportunities. https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/expansion-of-virtual-care-in-canada-report-en.pdf
Canadian Institute for Health Information. (2022, March). Primary and virtual care: Access to emergency department visits for primary care conditions. https://www.cihi.ca/en/primary-and-virtual-care-access-emergency-department-visits-for-primary-care-conditions
Borycki, E. M., & Kushniruk, A. W. (2022). Reinventing virtual care: Bridging the healthcare system and citizen silos to create an integrated future. Healthcare Management Forum, 35(3), 135–139. https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704211062575
Pearl, R., & Wayling, B. (2022, April 26). The telehealth era is just beginning: More gains in quality, affordability, and accessibility are on the way. Health and Wellness.