Health Workforce Considerations in Response to COVID-19 in the Media
Impact on Health Workforce
Ghana health workers warn of potential COVID-19 calamity
National Post | N/A | JUL. 1, 2020
US nurses at for-profit hospital chain to strike over cuts and PPE shortages
The Guardian | Michael Sainato | JUN. 23, 2020
Pandemic pay has created a 'two tier' system in Ontario hospitals: physiotherapist
CTV News | Michelle Maluske | JUN. 5, 2020
Pandemic puts Quebec's midwives in even higher demand
CBC | Danielle Beaudoin | MAY 18, 2020
Why are we choosing which frontline workers get PPE
Healthing.ca | Irving Gold | APR. 29, 2020
Emerging Health Workforce Strategies To Address COVID-19
Health Affairs | April 20, 2020
Emerging Health Workforce Strategies To Address COVID-19
Health Affairs | Candice Chen, Patricia Pittman, Sara Westergaard, et al | APR. 20, 2020
Crisis underscores that health workers are backbone of health system
Hill Times | Ivy Bourgeault, Sarah Simkin, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe | APR. 7, 2020
Novel Coronavirus Should Prompt Examination Of Impact Of Outbreaks On Health Care Workers
Health Affairs | Nakisa B. Sadeghi and Leana S. Wen | FEB. 14, 2020
Health Champions
Chile's migrant medics move to frontlines in pandemic battle
National Post | Aislinn Laing | JUL. 3, 2020
Ottawa looks to give permanent residency to asylum seekers who work in health care
CBC| Benjamin Shingler | JUN 10, 2020
Quebec relies on hundreds of asylum seekers in long-term care battle against COVID-19
CBC | Verity Stevenson, Benjamin Shingler | MAY 8, 2020
Meet some of the First Nations health care workers on the front lines during a pandemic
How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America
NY times | Campbell Robertson and Robert Gebeloff | APR. 18, 2020
Canada’s chief medical officers put women leadership in spotlight
IRPP | Sadiya Ansari | APR. 2, 2020
Statement from Black Health Leaders on COVID-19's impact on Black Communities in Ontario
Alliance for Healthier Communities | Angela Robertson, Cheryl Prescod, Denise Brooks, et al. | APR 2, 2020
Personal Health Worker Experiences
Graduating medical school early to help during the pandemic wasn't anything like going to war.
Slate | Gabriel Redel-Traub | JUN 1, 2020
`I’m never going to be the same’: Medics grapple with mental trauma on COVID-19 front line
National Post | Gabriella Borter and Kristina Cooke | MAY 8, 2020
Once Upon a Time…the Hero Sheltered in Place
NEJM | Lisa Rosenbaum | MAY 6, 2020
‘Like we’re in a lifeboat in the ocean’: Health workers on life inside a downtown Vancouver hospital
Globe and Mail | Amy Smart | APR. 14, 2020
The trouble with calling health care workers ‘heroes’
Boston Globe | Anna Wexler | APR. 10, 2020
I’m a nurse, but no I don't want to be a hero
Quillette | Amy Eileen Hamm | APR. 9, 2020
Harnessing Our Humanity — How Washington’s Health Care Workers Have Risen to the Pandemic Challenge
NEJM | Lisa Rosenbaum | APR. 1, 2020
Am I Part of the Cure or Am I Part of the Disease? Keeping Coronavirus Out When a Doctor Comes Home
NEJM | Christian Rose | MAR. 18, 2020
Rights Regarding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
New points-based tool could gauge Covid-19 risk for health workers
The Gaurdian | Nicola Davis | JUL. 15, 2020
'A slap in the face': how racial bias dogs US coronavirus response at every level
The Guardian | Kenya Evelyn | JUL. 14, 2020
Where are the women experts on covid-19? Mostly missing
BMJ | Cat Chatfield, Richard Hurley, Navjoyt Ladher, et al., | JUN 25, 2020
The NHS Race and Health Observatory—its time has come
BMJ | Victor Adebowale, Mala Rao | JUN. 17, 2020
Beyond Lip Service: Taking A Genuine Approach To Tackling COVID-19 (And All) Black-White Health Disparities In The United States
Health Affairs | LaShawn Marie Glasgow | JUN 9, 2020
Six in 10 UK health workers killed by Covid-19 are BAME
The Guardian | Sarah Marsh and Niamh McIntyre | MAY 25, 2020
Canada's COVID-19 blind spots on race, immigration and labour
IRPP | Aimée-Angélique Bouka, Yolande Bouka | MAY 19, 2020
Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus
Washington Post | Tracy Jan | MAY 19, 2020
People who care for the elderly are essential workers. It's long past time to start treating them right
Toronto Star | Heather Scoffield | MAY 14. 2020
The Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Black Health Care Workers in the US
Harvard Business Review | Adia Harvey Wingfield | MAY 14, 2020
Organizing community primary care in the age of COVID-19: challenges in disadvantaged areas
The Lancet | Chantal Julia, Yohan Saynac, Clémence Le Joubioux et al. | MAY 13. 2020
Covid-19: The communication needs of D/deaf healthcare workers and patients are being forgotten
BMJ | Helen Grote and Fizz Izagaren | MAY 7. 2020
Partha Kar: Covid-19 and ethnicity—why are all our angels white?
BMJ | Partha Kar | MAY 5. 2020
Lest we forget: a pandemic isn't a war but our healthcare workers are heroes
The Guardian | Clare Wright | APR. 27, 2020
During a Pandemic, an Unanticipated Problem: Out-of-Work Health Workers
NY Times | Ellen Gabler, Zach Montague, and Grace Ashford | APR. 15, 2020
Care For America’s Elderly And Disabled People Relies On Immigrant Labor
Health Affairs | Leah Zallman, Karen E. Finnegan, David U. Himmelstein, Sharon Touw, and Steffie Woolhandler | JUN., 2019
Healthcare Worker's Occupational Safety Rights
Complete protection from covid-19 is possible for health workers
BMJ | Ulf Karlsson, Carl-Johan Fraenkel | JUL. 7, 2020
High-Flying Facemasks Arrive at Mexican Hospitals by Drone
NY times | Reuters | JUL. 2, 2020
Oromocto doctor says physicians 'must have freedom' to sound alarm for safety risks
CBC | N/A | JUN. 25, 2020
Covid-19: Indian healthcare workers need adequate PPE
BMJ | Subhrojyoti Bhowmick | JUN. 19, 2020
For Some Private Practices, COVID-19 Is the Last Straw
MedPage Today | Cheryl Clark | JUN 3, 2020
Widespread covid-19 infection among Spanish healthcare professionals did not occur by chance
BMJ | Javier Crespo,José Luis Calleja, Antonio Zapatero | JUN 1, 2020
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
NEJM | Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, et al | MAY 21, 2020
Mask shortage for most health-care workers extended into May, Post-Ipsos poll shows
Washington Post | Lenny Bernstein and Alauna Safarpour | MAY 20, 2020
They Look After Our Most Vulnerable. They Make Around $16,200 a Year.
NY times | Kim Rockwood | MAY 19, 2020
Ontario's nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
National Post | Michelle McQuigge | MAY 12. 2020
The vulnerabilities that Covid-19 has revealed were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system.
NY times | Elisabeth Rosenthal | MAY 6, 2020
Why does it take a crisis to understand that health-workers are our health system
Hill Times | Ivy Bourgeault, Sarah Simkin, Caroline Chamberland | APR. 27, 2020
Jarvis: The front-line health-care workers you don't hear about
Windsor Star | Anne Jarvis | APR 16, 2020
Perspective: Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce
New England Journal of Medicine | APR 8, 2020
The moral obligations of our health care workers in a pandemic
Globe and Mail | Gary Mason | APR. 3, 2020
What are the rights and responsibilities of healthcare providers in a pandemic?
IRPP | Vanessa Gruben, Alicia Czarnowski | APR 1, 2020
COVID-19: protecting health-care workers
The Lancet | Volume 395, Issue 10228, p. 922 | MAR. 21, 2020
Psychological Health and Safety
It Is Time To Stop Stigmatizing Mental Health Among Healthcare Workers
Forbes | Jessica Gold | JUL. 13, 2020
UWindsor researcher aims to help people cope with isolation, uncertainty due to COVID-19
CBC | Jennifer La Grassa | JUN. 25, 2020
Moral distress among healthcare workers: ethics support is a crucial part of the puzzle
BMJ | N/A | JUN. 23, 2020
How a Virus Triage Tent Became a Serene Oasis for Health Care Workers
NY times | Danielle Elliot | JUN. 12, 2020
BMJ | Michael Devlin | JUN. 11, 2020
Beyond PPE: Protecting Health Care Workers To Prevent A Behavioral Health Disaster
Health Affairs | Andrew B. Meshnick Lilian Ryan Theresa Cullen | JUN. 4, 2020
Covid-19: Doctors need proper mental health support, says BMA
BMJ | Ingrid Torjesen | JUN. 1, 2020
Caring for Canada’s Care Providers Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
CMAJ | Nilanga Aki Ediriweera Bandara | MAY 28, 2020
“I can’t turn my brain off”: PTSD and Burnout Threaten Medical Workers
NY Times | Jan Hoffman | MAY. 16, 2020
What coronavirus is doing to stressed US health workers – and why it will be felt for years
Globe and MaiL | Jessica Glenzo | MAY 15, 2020
Balint groups could be one way to prevent burnout during covid-19 - The BMJ
BMJ | Vijay Pattni, Jeff Phillips, and Rajnish Saha | MAY 1, 2020
Occurrence, prevention, and management of the psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers: rapid review and meta-analysis
BMJ | Steve Kisely, Nicola Warren, Laura McMahon et al | APR. 23, 2020
What to Say (and Not Say) to Workers on the Front Lines
NY times | Coleen Farrell | APR. 23, 2020
Canadian health workers on COVID-19 front line say they need mental health support, poll indicates
Toronto Star | Steve McKinley | APR. 16, 2020
Uncalm before the storm
CMAJ | Wendy Glauser | APR. 14, 2020
Moral Injury and the Battle against COVID-19
Quillette | James Jeffery | APR. 14, 2020
B.C. ramps up mental health support for front-line health care workers, families
Globe and Mail | Jonathan Hayward | APR. 9, 2020
Virtual Healthcare
Japan's Fujitsu brings hand washing AI to COVID-19 fight
National Post | Tim Kelly, Akira Tomoshige | JUN. 19, 2020
The place of telemonitoring in covid-19
BMJ | Brian McKinstry, Lionel Tarassenko, Chris Paton, Bruce Guthrie | JUL. 1, 2020
A regulatory response to covid-19: unleash telehealth
BMJ | Robert Jarrin, Makoto Mori, Harlan M. Krumholz | JUN. 22, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Boosted Telehealth; Here’s How Existing Spaces Can Support Virtual Visits
Forbes | Teri Oelrich, Bryan Langlands | JUN 8, 2020
New Survey Shows Higher-Than-Normal Use of Primary Care and Telehealth by Patients
Primary Care Collaborative | N/A | JUN 4, 2020
Rwandan medical workers deploy robots to minimize coronavirus risk
National Post | Clement Uwiringiyimana | MAY 30, 2020
UNDP and Government of Rwanda Deploy Smart Anti- Epidemic Robots to Fight Against COVID-19!
UNDP | N/A | MAY 21, 2020
Opportunities To Expand Telehealth Use Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
Health Affairs | Jared Augenstein | MAR. 16. 2020
Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19
NEJM | Judd E. Hollander and Brendan G. Carr | APR. 30, 2020
Virtual Care is the Future of Health Care Delivery in Canada
Hill Times | Micheal Green | N.D
Vulnerable and Aging Populations
Mobile health clinics join frontline fight against COVID-19
National Post | N/A | JUL. 13, 2020
To Protect Public Health During And After The Pandemic, We Need A New Approach To Financing Community Health Workers
Health Affairs | Shreya Kangovi | JUN 5, 2020
The case for moving long-term care into small households
IRPP | Rudy P. Friesen | JUN. 3, 2020
COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes is a gender crisis
IRPP | Carole A. Estabrooks, Janice Keefe | MAY 19, 2020
Will The Pandemic Lead To Better, Safer Long-Term Care Facilities?
Forbes | Chris Farrell | MAY. 15, 2020
Long-term care work is essential but essentially unrecognized
IRPP | Tamara Daly, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Katie Aubrecht | MAY 14, 2020
As Death Toll in Nursing Homes Climbs, Calls to Redesign Them Grow
NY Times | Jane Margollies | MAY 12, 2020
Three Workforce Strategies To Help COVID Affected Communities
Health Affairs | Rishi Manchanda | MAY 9, 2020
Ontario Takes Immediate Steps to Further Protect Long-Term Care Residents and Staff During COVID-19 Outbreak
Ontario News | Office of the Premier | APR. 22, 2020
Nursing-home care aides are the real heroes
Hill Times | Carole Estabrook & Janice Keefe | APR. 20, 2020