[HTML][HTML] Health Disparities for Canada's Remote and Northern Residents: Can COVID-19 Help Level the Field?

J Gillespie - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2023 - Springer
This paper reviews major structural drivers of place-based health disparities in the context of
Canada, an industrialized nation with a strong public health system. Likelihood that the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the Use of Telemedicine by Health Care Providers to Diagnose and Manage Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders: Systematic Review and …

R Vincent, M Charron, S Lafrance, AA Cormier… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Access to care is a major challenge for patients with musculoskeletal disorders
(MSKDs). Telemedicine is one of the solutions to improve access to care. However, initial …

Healthcare access challenges and facilitators for back pain across the rural-urban continuum in saskatchewan, Canada: cross-sectional results from a provincial-wide …

K Crockett, S Lovo, A Irvine, C Trask… - Health Services …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder, disproportionately
affecting rural and Indigenous people. Saskatchewan has a relatively high proportion of …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual integration of patient education in radiotherapy (VIPER)

M Magliozzi, A Cashell, N Ishmail, C Hill… - Technical Innovations & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Pre-radiotherapy patient education led by Radiation Therapists (RTT) has been
shown to improve patients' distress and overall experiences. In an effort to offer a remote …

Interobserver Agreement and Satisfaction With the use of Telemedicine for Evaluating low Back Pain: A Primary, Observational, Cross-Sectional, Analytical Study

JM Dias Jr, AF Mendes Jr… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study design A primary, observational, cross-sectional, analytical study. Objective The
development of a framework for systematic telemedicine (TM) for orthopedic physicians in …

“Navigating chaos”: Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic …

K Crockett, S Lovo, A Irvine, C Trask… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Healthcare access for chronic low back pain is complex and should consider
not only the health system, but patient care seeking experiences as well. People who live in …

Effectiveness of an interprofessional assessment and management approach for people with chronic low back disorders delivered via virtual care: A randomized …

S Lovo, B Imeah, N Sari, ME O'Connell… - Digital …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Virtual care for chronic conditions has seen uptake due to COVID-19. Evaluation
of virtual models is important to ensure evidence-based practice. There is a paucity of …

Knowledge and Care Quality of Physiotherapy Technologists in the Management of Common Shoulder Disorders: Results from a Survey in the Province of Quebec …

A Bélanger, V Lowry, F Desmeules - Physiotherapy Canada, 2024 - utpjournals.press
Abstract Purpose: In Québec, physiotherapy technologist (Phys. T.) scope of practice allows
them to complete the evaluation and treat various musculoskeletal disorders, including …

[HTML][HTML] Back Pain in the Era of Opioid Restriction and Implications for Neurosurgeons Based on Qualitative Findings From a Rural State

CL Sedney, U Okakpu, P Dekeseredy, RA Pollini… - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Historically, back pain has been an inciting complaint for the initiation of opioids. Aggressive
marketing of opioids to treat back pain coupled with the initiation of pain being treated as …