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Jane Philpott
@janephilpott.bsky.social
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Personal account. Mom and Grandma. Chair of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team. Family physician. Former dean of health sciences. Former federal minister of health. Author of HEALTH FOR ALL available now at https://bit.ly/3SMKVU2
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janephilpott.bsky.social
This podcast - Primary Focus - is 🔥🔥🔥! Strongly recommended for all who care about #primarycare. Congrats @tarakiran.bsky.social.
picardonhealth.bsky.social André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · May 15
What primary care can learn from public education, Q+A w/ Dr. Rita McCracken -- family physician, researcher, and systems thinker -- by Dr. Tara Kiran on the "Primary Focus" podcast open.spotify.com/show/1FpGHTV... via @ritamc.bsky.social @tarakiran.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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ritamc.bsky.social
🚨Big news from Ontario for health policy 🤓s &
folks wanting solutions to the #familydoctor shortage

Ontario introduced the Primary Care Act 2025
& it could mark a major turning point for how we organize & fund primary care in 🇨🇦
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#ontpoli
@janephilpott.bsky.social
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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media.tenor.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
Ontario Bill 13, Primary Care Act, 2025, sets out six objectives for Ontario's publicly funded primary care system. www.ola.org/en/legislati... via @janephilpott.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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ocfp.bsky.social
The Ontario College of Family Physicians welcomes the continued momentum from the Ontario government and the Primary Care Action Team. www.ontario.ca/page/call-pr...
Call for proposals for Interprofessional Primary Care Teams
Learn about how to apply to be an Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPCT), eligibility, application criteria and what to expect if you’re successful.
www.ontario.ca
April 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
Ontario is looking for 80 primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients, as it plans to build a system that automatically attaches people to a family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on their postal code, by Allison Jones www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario seeks 80 primary care teams for 300,000 patients as it plans to build a new system
The province is planning to build a system that automatically attaches people to a family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on their postal code
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
janephilpott.bsky.social
It's the 1st anniversary of the publication of #HealthForAll. Couldn't be happier about the ongoing discourse re primary care & other ideas from the book. Thanks to all who read, reviewed & shared the ideas, incl this podcast that helped get the story out: www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
April 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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jocalynclark.bsky.social
Our @bmj.com piece summarises the arguments & recommendations from the NEW @src-rsc.bsky.social / CAHS report on Canada's past and future role in #globalhealth #ODA #foreignaid #SRHR #multilateralism

Full EN report here
rsc-src.ca/en/protectin...
Protecting Our Collective Future: Renewing Canada’s Role in Global Health
Overview of "Protecting Our Collective Future: Renewing Canada’s Role in Global Health"As we near the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the global health terrain is shifting in important way...
rsc-src.ca
March 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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jocalynclark.bsky.social
Current chaos and challenge needs.... greater global cooperation.

In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.

Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com

#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
Canada should seize the opportunity to lead on global health challenges and cooperation
Greater cooperation in global health is needed to tackle challenges and to harness new opportunities. Canada should take a greater leadership role, write Jocalyn Clark , Timothy Evans , and Kelley Lee...
www.bmj.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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ocfp.bsky.social
Great news. The OCFP is encouraged by the quick progress made by the Ontario Primary Care Action Team and today’s commitment to expand access to integrated primary care teams and enhance digital tools for family physicians. @janephilpott.bsky.social
A blue tile with a quote from Dr. Jobin Varughese, President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, which reads "This announcement recognizes the foundational role family physicians play in our health care system and reflects the OCFP’s long-standing advocacy for team-based care and the use of new technology to better support family doctors. The implementation of this plan will be critical - we look forward to continuing our collaboration with the government and Dr. Philpott to ensure every Ontarian has access to a family physician and receiving the primary health care they deserve. "
January 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
New president of Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
Dr. Paul Hébert, targets areas of greatest impact, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/new-hea... via @ottawacitizen.com
New health research group president targets areas of greatest impact
Dr. Paul Hebert of Ottawa has started a five-year term as head of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
ottawacitizen.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
janephilpott.bsky.social
Wow, thanks for the kind feedback @jonherriot.bsky.social 🙂
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
The world would be a better place if we talked to strangers. It is no surprise that talking to people we don’t know has become a rare habit: Civil discourse in general is on life support, by Ian Brown www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... via @theglobeandmail.com
The world would be a better place if we talked to strangers
It is no surprise that talking to people we don’t know has become a rare habit: Civil discourse in general is on life support
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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kathyhibbert.bsky.social
@janephilpott.bsky.social great discussion on @CBC today. I have read several of these books and am seeing a change in the discussions we are having about #life and #death and #illness and #health. Also your #HealthforAll book needs to be read by every politician at ever level!
January 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
janephilpott.bsky.social
Happy New Year!🥳 Here’s hoping for a 2025 full of grace and peace.❤️
January 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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stephanienolen.bsky.social
"This was the best thing Jimmy Carter ever did" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/h...
Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health (Gift Article)
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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bobbyrae48.bsky.social
When I think of President Jimmy Carter I think above all of his profound sense of service, of faith, and of personal decency.
December 30, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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jakeyeston.bsky.social
Gonna be a lot written about Jimmy Carter in the coming days, but for my money his public health work outshines anything else he or any other person in the political sphere did in my lifetime. That’s the story.
December 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
janephilpott.bsky.social
Best wishes for Christmas joy, from our family to yours!🎄🧑‍🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
Need a family doctor? @janephilpott.bsky.social can help. Q+A by Katie Underwood
macleans.ca/society/heal... via @macleans.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
Need a Family Doctor? Jane Philpott Can Help. - Macleans.ca
Canada's former health minister is diving back into politics to get every Ontarian a primary care provider within five years. Now comes the hard part.
macleans.ca
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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ppforumca.bsky.social
Dr. Philpott recently spoke with @egreenspon.bsky.social in an episode of PPF's podcast WONK about why Canada needs a health-care system reboot that's focused on primary care for everyone.

Have a listen:
Jane Philpott on getting every Canadian a family doctor - PPF
Former health minister Dr. Jane Philpott outlines why Canada needs a health-care system reboot that's focused on primary care for everyone
ppforum.ca
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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ppforumca.bsky.social
Dr. @janephilpott.bsky.social begins her role this week as Chair of Ontario's Primary Care Action Team, tasked with connecting every person in Ontario to primary health care within the next five years.
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM
janephilpott.bsky.social
Tomorrow is my last day as dean Queen's Health Sciences & CEO SEAMO. As a parting gift, I'm donating honoraria I've received this year & using the seed funds to launch the Jane Philpott Primary Care Fund to support research & innovation in primary health care. healthsci.queensu.ca/stories/feat...
Introducing the Jane Philpott Primary Care Fund
They say all endings are really new beginnings. As the Queen’s community prepares to say farewell to Jane Philpott, she is leaving a parting gift that will have a lasting impact long after her time at...
healthsci.queensu.ca
November 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
An experiment in Ontario to improve #PrimaryCare puts @janephilpott.bsky.social vision to the test. Q+A w/ @kellygrant1.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Kingston ‘health homes’ put Jane Philpott’s vision of primary care to the test
A former federal health minister wants family medicine to look more like public schools, with catchment areas to reach people where they live. In Ontario, a lucky few can now try it out for themselves
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM