Ilan ShahinUnattached Patients and Cancer Screening: Mapping our way out of the primary care crisisThe discourse around unattached patients and primary care often finds its place of rest at two truths: that unattached patients face worse…Sep 27, 2023Sep 27, 2023
Ilan ShahinWhere Should Innovation Come From in Primary Care?The primary care system we have in Ontario is woefully inadequate. Full stop. You can look to the growing number of patients without any…Jan 11, 2023Jan 11, 2023
Ilan ShahinAddressing the Problem of Unattached Patients Provides Opportunities to Improve our Primary Care…Unattached patients have always been a problem in our health system. We know, whether by research or experience, that lacking attachment to…Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Ilan ShahinReviving Primary Care: Thoughts from a family doctor who left family medicineI have been in practice nearly 10 years. Once I had the excitement of joining a clinic, and opening a part-time family practice which grew…Jun 14, 20222Jun 14, 20222
Ilan ShahinWhat does the current job market tell us about family medicine’s future in Ontario?Primary care is an essential part of the health care system. It is the supposed foundation for OHT reform, and the pandemic has shown how…Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021
Ilan ShahinPrimary Care in Ontario is Ill Equipped for this Moment of Crisis — It’s Time for a Dedicated…The views expressed in this blog are my own and do not represent organizational views.Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021
Ilan ShahinPrimary Care in Crisis? Three strategic considerations for the way forwardPrimary care has changed dramatically in recent years, especially in the last one. Increasingly, it is delivered under episodic…May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Ilan ShahinVirtual Care and The Great Uncoupling: The change, the debt and the way forwardVirtual care is in the middle of a fascinating chapter in health care history. Previously in Canada, it was a fringe delivery channel that…Feb 24, 20211Feb 24, 20211
Ilan ShahinDigital Health, the Pandemic, and the Opportunity to Transform Healthcare that we Cannot MissThe Ontario healthcare system has been presented with an opportunity to transform itself during the pandemic. There are three significant…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
Ilan ShahinThe Three Pillars of the Thriving Primary Care System we NeedThe following is written from my notes of a short talk I presented at the SGFP’s Virtual Primary Care Summit on October 2, 2020, as part…Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
