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Andreas Laupacis

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Toronto
As seen in: Canadian Medical Association Journal, BMJ Open, BMJ Quality & Safety, The Toronto Star, Medscape, Neurology, The Hill Times, Canadian Family Physician, European Urology, Healthy Debate, Canadian Urological Association Journal
Retired MD (GIM/palliative care); living in Arthur Ontario; Deputy Editor CMAJ focusing on Practice; all views my own
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Homelessness is a health crisis: why hospitals are resorting to building housing

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By Andrew S. Boozary, Catherine Varner, Andreas Laupacis Verified
| Canadian Medical Association Journal Verified
In this issue of CMAJ, Alston and colleagues describe the urgent and complex problem of homelessness among older adults,1 a growing population nationwide.2 The latest report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) revealed that, in 2023, 30 000 people experiencing homelessness were admitted to hospitals in Canada, and these admissions lasted twice as long and were more than double the cost than admissions for people who were not unhoused.3 Both the CMAJ analysis and the CIHI...
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“Social admissions” to hospital are not personal failures but policy ones

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By Catherine Varner, Andrew S. Boozary, Andreas Laupacis Verified
| Canadian Medical Association Journal Verified
In research published in this issue of CMAJ, Mah and colleagues summarize clinicians’ experiences of providing care for patients whose presenting illness is not acute and for whom admission to hospital is not warranted, and yet complex health needs and a background of inadequate social supports mean they cannot safely be discharged.1 The article’s authors use the term “social admissions.” Yet, the pervasive, pejorative term often used is “failure to cope,” which implicitly blames the person...
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New CMAJ articles to explore trust in health care

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By Andreas Laupacis Verified, Kirsten Patrick
| Canadian Medical Association Journal Verified
This issue of CMAJ includes the first of a new article type on the topic of trust in health care, developed in collaboration with CMAJ’s patient advisory panel. Why focus on trust? Some physicians on CMAJ’s practice advisory panel raised the issue in a meeting in 2022, saying that they had been finding it increasingly difficult to establish and maintain trust with some of their patients, and expressing a desire to understand why this was happening and how to re-establish trust.
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