ER Physician in #YYZ. Passionate about making a difference in the #cdnhealth system through QI/PS/Simulation | @actioncanada fellow 2018-2019 | views my own
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6 Oct 2025
It’s tempting to propose simple fixes to #edwaittimes, but throwing attn and resources at things that we know don’t really work just makes things worse, and takes time/$ away from dvlping real, evidence-based solutions
ED Crowding kills. Not volume.
@CAEP_Docs
6 Oct 2025
1/ Why opening more Urgent Care Centres doesn’t fix ER wait times 🧵👇
They sound like a smart solution to divert “non-emergency” visits—but the evidence and experience say otherwise.
#EmergencyMedicine #cdnhealth #CAEP
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
6 Oct 2025
1/ Why opening more Urgent Care Centres doesn’t fix ER wait times 🧵👇
They sound like a smart solution to divert “non-emergency” visits—but the evidence and experience say otherwise.
#EmergencyMedicine #cdnhealth #CAEP
6 Oct 2025
1 in 13 Canadians going to ER get FED UP with the wait time and LEAVE before being seen
…even though many have URGENT problems
Their risk of hospitalization & death is 14% higher over the next week.
theglobeandmail.com/gift/4b2…
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
6 Oct 2025
As someone who has practiced Emergency medicine for nearly 20 years I will weigh in. Urgent care centres and offloading vaccinations and preventable care from FD is not to solution to ED overcrowding and wait times. Lower acuity patients aren’t the issue. 1/
6 Oct 2025
1 in 13 Canadians going to ER get FED UP with the wait time and LEAVE before being seen
…even though many have URGENT problems
Their risk of hospitalization & death is 14% higher over the next week.
theglobeandmail.com/gift/4b2…
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
24 May 2025
Kicking off the quality improvement and patient safety content at @ICEM2025 with a pre-conference course on the fundamentals of QI! @CAEP_Docs
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1 Feb 2025
I don’t normally post about politics… but I think it’s a bit rich for Trump to blame us for the fentanyl epidemic, when the blame can be laid solely at the feet of the 100% American drug company that developed Oxycontin, which has now been sued into bankruptcy
#buycanada
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29 Jan 2025
Absolutely devastating to hear about the violence our Halifax colleagues experienced.
This type of violence should be a ‘never-event’ - we need, and deserve, better.
29 Jan 2025
Our thoughts are with our colleagues at the QEII in Halifax.
Violence has no place in the Emergency Department.
Read CAEP’s position statement on violence in the ED and the urgent need for action: tinyurl.com/4bxumyrw
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
18 Dec 2024
glad to write an article for the @globeandmail about hospital crowding/wait times and how the public can show up for ERs instead of in them. one day, we won't need the rooms, and the medicine will come to us. until then, here are some things you can do:
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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16 Dec 2024
So much respect for the aorta
Sneaky bas****
15 Dec 2024
I hate aortic dissections
1/ A middle aged patient presents with a week of severe abdominal pain and constipation. Has not had a bowel movement in several days. No fever or history of similar pain. HR 110, BP 168/110 otherwise vs wnl. history of cholecystectomy and c-section.
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Thanks @globeandmail for the quote today. A reminder that this silly obsession with diverting a relatively small number of minor cases will no nothing to solve the challenges of Canada's crisis of ED overcrowding. @CAEP_Docs @alandrummond2
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8 Nov 2024
This is beyond ridiculous, and just plain wrong.
Sometimes a GP can do everything right and the pt STILL needs admission…
Or, sometimes they pick up on something and by sending that pt to the ED, save their lives
Not #evidencebasedpolicy at all. #ONHealth
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21 Sep 2024
Unfortunately still all too true
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20 Sep 2024
It doesn’t always work, but when it does #TTC is pretty great
Beaches to Bathurst and Dundas in little over 30 min, vs 25 min drive!
@TTChelps #takethettc #publicinfrastructure #urbanplanning
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
17 Sep 2024
Some shifts I feel like an air traffic controller in a Monty Python skit. The planes arrive unannounced and out of fuel, the pilots are drunk and screaming at each other, none of the terminals are open for business, and the runways are all occupied by boarded inpatients...
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30 Aug 2024
Physicians and HCWs across Canada should be paying attn to the moves being made in AB.
Never assume it can’t or won’t happen in our jurisdictions, as evidence based decisions get pushed aside in public outcry over our bruised and battered #cdnhealth system
“If they can’t meet the terms that we want them to, we can do an RFP,” Smith went on in her 2021 speech. “And then the Alberta Health Insurance can give a different contract to a different group of doctors.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/3…
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29 Aug 2024
So sad to see this happen to what was at one time arguably the best provincial healthcare system in the country #AHS
29 Aug 2024
It takes years of great decisions to build a world class health system.
It takes a handful of bad decisions to burn it to the ground.
Hope Canadians pay attention.
It won’t take too long for healthcare to slide from
good->tolerable
tolerable->bad and
bad->desolate
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
20 Aug 2024
Another WIM session in the books! ✅
Last Friday, our fellows Dr. @jemyjoseph and Dr. @meghanbhatia aced their mock interviews with @KWardTV, Digital Video Journalist at Global News, proving there is no such thing as a tough interview when you're prepared!
One session left!
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Tahara Bhate retweeted
8 Aug 2024
After the release of our virtual care statement we met with 3 provincial governments and a representative from the @markhollandlib 's office to discuss how CAEP can assist in thoughtful and successful planning. We look forward to meeting with Manitoba in September!
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23 Jul 2024
Shout out to @THEPEAK
Perfect high school throwback (and pre shift pick me up!) with @jimmyeatworld, haven’t heard them in yrs
❤️ you guys, so happy you made it back on air!
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