Tara Kiran
@tarakiran.bsky.social
Family doc @ Unity Health 🩺 | Assoc. Prof @ U of T DFCM 🎓 | Scientist @ MAP Centre 🔍 | Leading #OurCare to reimagine primary care | Host of Primary Focus 🎙️ | Always chasing better care, grounded in data + community 📊❤️
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Is this Tylenol-autism mess in the US a ridiculous thing? Yes. Did Canada’s medical and science community show up in full force this week to fight back against the BS, also YES. Our system is strong and we’re not going to let Canadians be harmed by false health info youtube.com/shorts/zj4sn...
What's the deal with Tylenol and pregnancy in Canada? #health
YouTube video by Healthcare For Real
youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Is this Tylenol-autism mess in the US a ridiculous thing? Yes. Did Canada’s medical and science community show up in full force this week to fight back against the BS, also YES. Our system is strong and we’re not going to let Canadians be harmed by false health info youtube.com/shorts/zj4sn...
🎙️ Great to be part of the latest ICES podcast to talk all things primary care
I was joined by Sandy Epp, an #OurCare participant, who shares personal stories about her struggles & what gives her hope
Listen to learn more about how we can build a better system:
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I was joined by Sandy Epp, an #OurCare participant, who shares personal stories about her struggles & what gives her hope
Listen to learn more about how we can build a better system:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
In Our VoICES
Science Podcast · Updated Monthly · In Our VoICES is an ICES podcast that takes you beyond the data to meet the people – and hear the stories – that help shape health and healthcare, for all of us.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎙️ Great to be part of the latest ICES podcast to talk all things primary care
I was joined by Sandy Epp, an #OurCare participant, who shares personal stories about her struggles & what gives her hope
Listen to learn more about how we can build a better system:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
I was joined by Sandy Epp, an #OurCare participant, who shares personal stories about her struggles & what gives her hope
Listen to learn more about how we can build a better system:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
I took this photo in a Dutch ED on a Monday night. It was totally empty.
How do they do it? Strong after-hours primary care.
In the latest episode of the Primary Focus podcast, I take you with me as I visit two 🇳🇱 after-hours centres to see how it works.
🎧 Listen podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
How do they do it? Strong after-hours primary care.
In the latest episode of the Primary Focus podcast, I take you with me as I visit two 🇳🇱 after-hours centres to see how it works.
🎧 Listen podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
June 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I took this photo in a Dutch ED on a Monday night. It was totally empty.
How do they do it? Strong after-hours primary care.
In the latest episode of the Primary Focus podcast, I take you with me as I visit two 🇳🇱 after-hours centres to see how it works.
🎧 Listen podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
How do they do it? Strong after-hours primary care.
In the latest episode of the Primary Focus podcast, I take you with me as I visit two 🇳🇱 after-hours centres to see how it works.
🎧 Listen podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
📢 Our latest paper helps explain why we don't have enough family docs to go around.
More and more docs trained in family medicine are choosing to practice in a focused area, usually in a hospital
Full article @annfammed.bsky.social:
www.annfammed.org/content/23/3...
@unityhealthto.bsky.social
More and more docs trained in family medicine are choosing to practice in a focused area, usually in a hospital
Full article @annfammed.bsky.social:
www.annfammed.org/content/23/3...
@unityhealthto.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
📢 Our latest paper helps explain why we don't have enough family docs to go around.
More and more docs trained in family medicine are choosing to practice in a focused area, usually in a hospital
Full article @annfammed.bsky.social:
www.annfammed.org/content/23/3...
@unityhealthto.bsky.social
More and more docs trained in family medicine are choosing to practice in a focused area, usually in a hospital
Full article @annfammed.bsky.social:
www.annfammed.org/content/23/3...
@unityhealthto.bsky.social
🎙️ In the latest Primary Focus episode, we meet Kris Arts—a Dutch practice assistant and, in my view, the secret sauce of primary care.
Practice assistants don’t just answer phones—they triage, counsel, vaccinate & more, applying their training in empathy and de-escalation.
🎧 www.primaryfocus.ca
Practice assistants don’t just answer phones—they triage, counsel, vaccinate & more, applying their training in empathy and de-escalation.
🎧 www.primaryfocus.ca
May 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🎙️ In the latest Primary Focus episode, we meet Kris Arts—a Dutch practice assistant and, in my view, the secret sauce of primary care.
Practice assistants don’t just answer phones—they triage, counsel, vaccinate & more, applying their training in empathy and de-escalation.
🎧 www.primaryfocus.ca
Practice assistants don’t just answer phones—they triage, counsel, vaccinate & more, applying their training in empathy and de-escalation.
🎧 www.primaryfocus.ca
New OurCare study in Canadian Family Physician📱
We found people with lower income & education are less likely to use or value virtual care.
Our findings emphasize the need to integrate digital tools in ways that close—not widen—equity gaps.
Read the full study 🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/71/5...
We found people with lower income & education are less likely to use or value virtual care.
Our findings emphasize the need to integrate digital tools in ways that close—not widen—equity gaps.
Read the full study 🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/71/5...
www.cfp.ca
May 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New OurCare study in Canadian Family Physician📱
We found people with lower income & education are less likely to use or value virtual care.
Our findings emphasize the need to integrate digital tools in ways that close—not widen—equity gaps.
Read the full study 🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/71/5...
We found people with lower income & education are less likely to use or value virtual care.
Our findings emphasize the need to integrate digital tools in ways that close—not widen—equity gaps.
Read the full study 🔗 www.cfp.ca/content/71/5...
🎧 Just dropped: my first-ever audio documentary! I went to the Netherlands to learn how 99% of people get access to primary care—and how we might bring some of those lessons home to Canada 🇳🇱🇨🇦
Listen to Primary Focus wherever you get your podcasts
www.primaryfocus.ca
Here's a small taste ⬇️🎙️
Listen to Primary Focus wherever you get your podcasts
www.primaryfocus.ca
Here's a small taste ⬇️🎙️
May 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🎧 Just dropped: my first-ever audio documentary! I went to the Netherlands to learn how 99% of people get access to primary care—and how we might bring some of those lessons home to Canada 🇳🇱🇨🇦
Listen to Primary Focus wherever you get your podcasts
www.primaryfocus.ca
Here's a small taste ⬇️🎙️
Listen to Primary Focus wherever you get your podcasts
www.primaryfocus.ca
Here's a small taste ⬇️🎙️
Reposted by Tara Kiran
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 4:43 PM
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
Loved this conversation on how communities can lead change in healthcare. We won’t get to equity without sharing power and listening deeply.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgg9...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgg9...
Beyond engagement: consumers and communities as agents of health care change and improvement AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE INSIGHTS AND INNOVATION VODCAST SERIES. Highlights from Vodcast 3 youtu.be/UgHIzBrnSnI
Consumers and communities as agents of health care change and improvement HIGHLIGHTS FROM VODCAST 3
YouTube video by Australian Health Journal
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Loved this conversation on how communities can lead change in healthcare. We won’t get to equity without sharing power and listening deeply.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgg9...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgg9...
What if we designed primary care around Indigenous people — not just added them to a system built for someone else?
In Episode 2 of Primary Focus, Dr. Mandy Buss shares a vision for care grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and healing.
🎥👇
Listen to the full episode: www.primaryfocus.ca
In Episode 2 of Primary Focus, Dr. Mandy Buss shares a vision for care grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and healing.
🎥👇
Listen to the full episode: www.primaryfocus.ca
May 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What if we designed primary care around Indigenous people — not just added them to a system built for someone else?
In Episode 2 of Primary Focus, Dr. Mandy Buss shares a vision for care grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and healing.
🎥👇
Listen to the full episode: www.primaryfocus.ca
In Episode 2 of Primary Focus, Dr. Mandy Buss shares a vision for care grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and healing.
🎥👇
Listen to the full episode: www.primaryfocus.ca
Reposted by Tara Kiran
Congratulations to Dr. @tarakiran.bsky.social, St. Michael’s Hospital physician-researcher, on the launch of her new podcast on a vital topic!
It’s out! I’m thrilled (and honestly, a little nervous!) to share the first episode of Primary Focus — a new podcast I’m hosting about the state of primary care in Canada, and how we can fix it.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
Why millions of Canadians are still waiting for a doctor, with Dr. Danielle Martin
Podcast Episode · Primary Focus with Dr. Tara Kiran · 2025-04-24 · 37m
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April 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to Dr. @tarakiran.bsky.social, St. Michael’s Hospital physician-researcher, on the launch of her new podcast on a vital topic!
How does your primary care measure up?
Take the new OurCare survey to help shape a better system. It takes 10–15 mins and your responses are confidential.
📝 www.ourcare.ca/survey
📣 Please share—we want to hear from everyone in Canada.
So grateful to partner with @cmadocs.bsky.social on this!
Take the new OurCare survey to help shape a better system. It takes 10–15 mins and your responses are confidential.
📝 www.ourcare.ca/survey
📣 Please share—we want to hear from everyone in Canada.
So grateful to partner with @cmadocs.bsky.social on this!
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How does your primary care measure up?
Take the new OurCare survey to help shape a better system. It takes 10–15 mins and your responses are confidential.
📝 www.ourcare.ca/survey
📣 Please share—we want to hear from everyone in Canada.
So grateful to partner with @cmadocs.bsky.social on this!
Take the new OurCare survey to help shape a better system. It takes 10–15 mins and your responses are confidential.
📝 www.ourcare.ca/survey
📣 Please share—we want to hear from everyone in Canada.
So grateful to partner with @cmadocs.bsky.social on this!
Imagine a world where there are generations of Indigenous doctors. Where Indigenous kids grow up seeing themselves in the people who care for them.
We’re not there yet. Less than 1% of physicians in Canada are Indigenous — even though Indigenous people make up over 4.5% of the population.
We’re not there yet. Less than 1% of physicians in Canada are Indigenous — even though Indigenous people make up over 4.5% of the population.
May 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Imagine a world where there are generations of Indigenous doctors. Where Indigenous kids grow up seeing themselves in the people who care for them.
We’re not there yet. Less than 1% of physicians in Canada are Indigenous — even though Indigenous people make up over 4.5% of the population.
We’re not there yet. Less than 1% of physicians in Canada are Indigenous — even though Indigenous people make up over 4.5% of the population.
In 2022, OurCare found over 1 in 5 Canadians didn't have access to primary care. But what's that stat now?
Take our new survey, share your experience and help us advocate for a better system for all
www.ourcare.ca/survey
The survey is being conducted in partnership with @cmadocs.bsky.social
Take our new survey, share your experience and help us advocate for a better system for all
www.ourcare.ca/survey
The survey is being conducted in partnership with @cmadocs.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In 2022, OurCare found over 1 in 5 Canadians didn't have access to primary care. But what's that stat now?
Take our new survey, share your experience and help us advocate for a better system for all
www.ourcare.ca/survey
The survey is being conducted in partnership with @cmadocs.bsky.social
Take our new survey, share your experience and help us advocate for a better system for all
www.ourcare.ca/survey
The survey is being conducted in partnership with @cmadocs.bsky.social
It’s out! I’m thrilled (and honestly, a little nervous!) to share the first episode of Primary Focus — a new podcast I’m hosting about the state of primary care in Canada, and how we can fix it.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
Why millions of Canadians are still waiting for a doctor, with Dr. Danielle Martin
Podcast Episode · Primary Focus with Dr. Tara Kiran · 2025-04-24 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s out! I’m thrilled (and honestly, a little nervous!) to share the first episode of Primary Focus — a new podcast I’m hosting about the state of primary care in Canada, and how we can fix it.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
Reposted by Tara Kiran
LISTEN: Why millions of Canadians are still waiting for a doctor, with Dr. Danielle Martin
▶️ 🔊: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... @tarakiran.bsky.social
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
▶️ 🔊: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... @tarakiran.bsky.social
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
LISTEN: Why millions of Canadians are still waiting for a doctor, with Dr. Danielle Martin
▶️ 🔊: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... @tarakiran.bsky.social
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
▶️ 🔊: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... @tarakiran.bsky.social
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
How is it that 6.5M people in Canada don’t have access to primary care?
This has to be a federal election issue.
Ask your local candidates: What’s the plan?
Watch the full video to understand how we got here—and what we can do about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAy...
This has to be a federal election issue.
Ask your local candidates: What’s the plan?
Watch the full video to understand how we got here—and what we can do about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAy...
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How is it that 6.5M people in Canada don’t have access to primary care?
This has to be a federal election issue.
Ask your local candidates: What’s the plan?
Watch the full video to understand how we got here—and what we can do about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAy...
This has to be a federal election issue.
Ask your local candidates: What’s the plan?
Watch the full video to understand how we got here—and what we can do about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAy...
Too many people in Canada are struggling to get the care they need
As a federal election approaches, it’s time to ask what parties are promising—and push for real answers
Join this important conversation hosted by @theglobeandmail.com on Apr 15, 12:30–1:30pm ET
globeandmailevents.com/election2025
As a federal election approaches, it’s time to ask what parties are promising—and push for real answers
Join this important conversation hosted by @theglobeandmail.com on Apr 15, 12:30–1:30pm ET
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April 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Too many people in Canada are struggling to get the care they need
As a federal election approaches, it’s time to ask what parties are promising—and push for real answers
Join this important conversation hosted by @theglobeandmail.com on Apr 15, 12:30–1:30pm ET
globeandmailevents.com/election2025
As a federal election approaches, it’s time to ask what parties are promising—and push for real answers
Join this important conversation hosted by @theglobeandmail.com on Apr 15, 12:30–1:30pm ET
globeandmailevents.com/election2025
Patients told us loud and clear through OurCare: it’s too hard to access your own medical records in Canada.
This @theglobeandmail.com piece by @chrishanney.bsky.social shows just how outdated and fragmented the system is. Time for change.
🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
This @theglobeandmail.com piece by @chrishanney.bsky.social shows just how outdated and fragmented the system is. Time for change.
🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canada’s medical records systems are unwell
Sharing electronic medical records in Canada is a hassle – and, for some, a health risk
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Patients told us loud and clear through OurCare: it’s too hard to access your own medical records in Canada.
This @theglobeandmail.com piece by @chrishanney.bsky.social shows just how outdated and fragmented the system is. Time for change.
🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
This @theglobeandmail.com piece by @chrishanney.bsky.social shows just how outdated and fragmented the system is. Time for change.
🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Reposted by Tara Kiran
The #PrimaryCare Crisis: Navigating Canada’s Family Doctor Shortage. Q+A w/ Dr. Tara Kiran by Michelle Jobin podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... via @tarakiran.bsky.social #caregiving
Season 5 Episode 10: The Primary Care Crisis: Navigating Canada’s Family Doctor Shortage with Dr. Tara Kiran
Podcast Episode · Time to Talk Podcast · 2025-04-03 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The #PrimaryCare Crisis: Navigating Canada’s Family Doctor Shortage. Q+A w/ Dr. Tara Kiran by Michelle Jobin podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... via @tarakiran.bsky.social #caregiving
I’ve heard from so many caregivers who are burnt out—not just from caring, but from navigating a system in crisis.
I joined @caregiverON’s Time to Talk podcast to talk about why primary care matters more than ever.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
I joined @caregiverON’s Time to Talk podcast to talk about why primary care matters more than ever.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
Season 5 Episode 10: The Primary Care Crisis: Navigating Canada’s Family Doctor Shortage with Dr. Tara Kiran
Podcast Episode · Time to Talk Podcast · 2025-04-03 · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’ve heard from so many caregivers who are burnt out—not just from caring, but from navigating a system in crisis.
I joined @caregiverON’s Time to Talk podcast to talk about why primary care matters more than ever.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
I joined @caregiverON’s Time to Talk podcast to talk about why primary care matters more than ever.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
27% of adults in BC don’t have a family doctor. Team-based care needs to be part of the solution.
Love this piece by my colleagues Goldis Mitra, Thuy-Nga Pham and Ruth Lavergne on how we can move the dial on team-based primary care in BC.
🔗 bcmj.org/premise/movi...
Love this piece by my colleagues Goldis Mitra, Thuy-Nga Pham and Ruth Lavergne on how we can move the dial on team-based primary care in BC.
🔗 bcmj.org/premise/movi...
Moving the dial on team-based care in British Columbia | British Columbia Medical Journal
We explore three overarching questions related to team-based primary care in BC: Why do we need teams, where do we go next, and how do we get there?
bcmj.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
27% of adults in BC don’t have a family doctor. Team-based care needs to be part of the solution.
Love this piece by my colleagues Goldis Mitra, Thuy-Nga Pham and Ruth Lavergne on how we can move the dial on team-based primary care in BC.
🔗 bcmj.org/premise/movi...
Love this piece by my colleagues Goldis Mitra, Thuy-Nga Pham and Ruth Lavergne on how we can move the dial on team-based primary care in BC.
🔗 bcmj.org/premise/movi...
Family docs want to learn from data—but it’s hard to find time & space. At our FHT, peer to peer coaching helped.
We trained 10 docs to offer 1:1 sessions to review data & reflect. It worked. Docs felt supported, connected & left with change ideas.
Read more: www.jabfm.org/content/37/6...
We trained 10 docs to offer 1:1 sessions to review data & reflect. It worked. Docs felt supported, connected & left with change ideas.
Read more: www.jabfm.org/content/37/6...
Peer-Coaching for Family Physicians to Close the Intention-to-Action Gap
Introduction: Peer coaching has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of clinical performance feedback reports to family physicians, but few peer-coaching quality improvement programs have been implemented and evaluated in primary care. Authors designed, implemented and evaluated a peer-coaching program for family physicians in a large, academic primary-care organization to explore its potential to enhance family physicians' use of clinical performance data for quality improvement. Methods: Coaches were nominated by their peers and were trained to follow an evidence-informed facilitated feedback model for coaching. Data were collected through surveys, a focus-group with coaches, and individual interviews with coached family physicians (“coachees”). Data were analyzed inductively using reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Authors trained 10 coaches who coached 25 family physicians over 3 months. Coachees who completed the survey (21/25) indicated a desire for additional coaching sessions in future; most (19/21) reported confidence in making practice change. Interview (n = 11) and focus-group participants (n = 8) findings validated acceptability of the coaching approach that emphasized empathy ahead of change-talk. Coaches helped coachees interpret care-quality measures, deal with negative emotional responses evoked, encouraged a sense of accountability for improvement, and sometimes offered new ways to manage common challenges. Coaching sessions led to a wide range of practice-improvement goals. However, effects on practice change were felt to be limited by the data available and the focus on individual physician factors when broader clinic issues acted as important barriers to improvement. Conclusions: Peer coaching is a feasible approach to supporting family physicians’ use of data for learning and practice improvement. More research is needed to understand the impact on practice outcomes and physician wellness.
www.jabfm.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Family docs want to learn from data—but it’s hard to find time & space. At our FHT, peer to peer coaching helped.
We trained 10 docs to offer 1:1 sessions to review data & reflect. It worked. Docs felt supported, connected & left with change ideas.
Read more: www.jabfm.org/content/37/6...
We trained 10 docs to offer 1:1 sessions to review data & reflect. It worked. Docs felt supported, connected & left with change ideas.
Read more: www.jabfm.org/content/37/6...
Thanks to the Medical Post for publishing my 3-part series on what 🇨🇦 Canada can learn from 🇪🇸 Spain, a country where everyone has access to primary care.
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
How Spain manages 100% primary care access
Spanish family doctors have vacation, sick leave and a pension. Part one of a three-part series.
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thanks to the Medical Post for publishing my 3-part series on what 🇨🇦 Canada can learn from 🇪🇸 Spain, a country where everyone has access to primary care.
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...