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Reproduction of cartoons appearing on this webpage is permitted, for non-commercial purposes only, provided users acknowledge the source as Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and notify the owner by email at info@chsrf.ca. Commercial reproduction or redistribution of the cartoons appearing on this webpage is prohibited without prior written permission of the owner.

All cartoons on this page are by Tim Dolighan, developed in collaboration with CHSRF.

Mythbusters cartoons

 

 Myth: Activity-based Funding Leads to For-profit Hospital Care

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 Myth: Direct-to-consumer advertising is educational for patients

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Myth: Canada's system of healthcare financing is unsustainable

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Myth: In healthcare, more is always better

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Myth: Emergency room overcrowding is caused by non-urgent cases

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Myth: Whole-body screening is an effective way to detect hidden cancers

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Myth: Most physicians prefer fee-for-service payments

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Myth: Seeing a nurse practitioner instead of a doctor is second-class care

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Myth: If a drug makes it to market, it's safe for everyone

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Myth: The aging population is to blame for uncontrollable healthcare costs  

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Myth: C-sections are on the rise because more mothers are asking for them

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Myth: Medicare covers all necessary health services

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Quality Cartoons

 

Quality Indicators

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I.T.

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Teamwork Cartoons

 

Communication

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Role Clarity

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Patient-Provider Communication

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Trust I

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Trust II

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Whistleblowing

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Evaluation Cartoons

Evaluation Strategy

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Experience-based Expertise Cartoons

Research Expert

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Illustrations

Visual representations of complex linkage and exchange concepts.

Users are free to reproduce the drawings but must acknowledge CHSRF as the source. (e.g. Illustration courtesy of CHSRF.)

The many meanings of soon: why we need common language

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Diffusion is not enough

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Why the evidence-based medicine movement was born

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Solid basis to build on

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Key messages really help

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Know your audience

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Knowledge Brokering

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Lack of Communication

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Linkage and exchange

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Not everything is a network

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Research use capacity

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