Opioid use in pregnancy and parenting: An Indigenous-based, collaborative framework for Northwestern Ontario.

Opioid use affects up to 30% of pregnancies in Northwestern Ontario. Health care providers in Northwestern Ontario have varying comfort levels providing care to substance-involved pregnant women. Furthermore, health care practitioners, social service agencies and community groups in Northwestern Ontario often work in isolation with little multidisciplinary communication and collaboration.

Patients and families experiences with video telehealth in rural/remote communities in Northern Canada.

Aim: To explore patients' and families' experiences with video telehealth consultations as a method of health care delivery in rural/ remote communities in Northern Canada.

Background: Accessing health services in isolated populations where human resources and infrastructure are constrained by vast geographical landmasses poses challenges and opportunities for nurses, health care providers, patients and families.

Design: A qualitative approach was adopted with a purposeful sample of 10 patients and four family members representative of nine communities.

Bridging the distance: educating nurses for telehealth practice.

Background: The aim of this research project was to explore the impact of telehealth technology on health assessments performed by nurses delivering health services to isolated populations.

Method: Nurses performing preoperative and oncology assessments for clients in remote communities via telehealth received training. Education workshops were delivered to nurses (N = 37) in 13 communities across Northwestern Ontario.

A survey of recipient client physician satisfaction with teleoncology services originating from thunder bay regional health sciences centre.

The objective of this work was to investigate end user satisfaction and perceived efficacy on the part of client physicians for teleoncology services in Northwestern Ontario. A survey of 98 referring physicians from 17 remote communities in Northwestern Ontario was undertaken primarily to determine overall client physician satisfaction with the teleoncology process. The survey also investigated perceived problems and explored potential solutions.

Estimating per patient funding for cancer clinical trials: an Ontario based survey.

The financial implications of conducting clinical trials in oncology have not been well researched from a perspective that would facilitate the negotiation of appropriate reimbursement. A better understanding of the resources required to conduct clinical trials is central to this process. Summaries of two hypothetical clinical trials were circulated to the clinical trials departments of the nine regional cancer centres of Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), in the Province of Ontario, Canada.