# Tara Kiran

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Have you finally found a family doctor?

Your stories searching for primary care with Dr. Tara Kiran, family doctor and research scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital. We also hear from researcher Andrew Longhurst about the latest report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on primary care access in Canada.

In Spain: A healthcare centre in every community (Part 1)

Imagine living in a country where no resident struggles to access primary care. There are no wait lists. Everyone can be seen at the local health centre, even if they haven’t registered in advance. In this episode, Dr. Tara Kiran takes you on a journey to Spain—where the right to primary care is gu…

In Spain: A healthcare centre in every community (Part 2)

Can you imagine driving down the highway and seeing street signs directing you to your local primary care clinic instead of a hospital? In this episode, Dr. Tara Kiran hops in a car with health economist Tino Marti for a healthcare road trip across Catalonia, Spain, to tour three different clinics.…

The Netherlands’ primary care is better – here’s how

Dr. Tara Kiran knows primary care in Canada can be better. That's why the Toronto-based family physician and researcher went to the Netherlands, a world leader in health, to see what we can take away. What she found is a system that provides around-the-clock care and primary care teams who can see …

Ep 221 EM-Primary Care Health Systems Strategies, Myths, Misperceptions and Solutions

There are few things more frustrating for an Emergency Physician than caring for patient after patient who lands in the ED not because it’s necessarily the best place for their care, but because every other door in the health care system was closed, confusing or impossible to find. Emergency Medici…

[Feed Swap] The Intersection Between Primary & Emergency Room Care with Dr. Anton Helman & Dr. Danielle Martin

Is the primary care access problem the cause for ED overcrowding?
 Do emergency rooms have to be the safety net in our system - or is there another way? How can primary care and emergency medicine better collaborate? While the Primary Focus team takes a brief summer break, we are sharing a special …

[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 2)

Why are Dutch GPs called “huisarts” — house doctors? In Part Two of her visit to a Nijmegen clinic, Dr. Tara Kiran talks with Dr. Suzanne Ligthart about the Dutch tradition of home visits. She then meets Kris Arts, a practice assistant, and learns how these highly trained team members serve as the …

[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 1)

How is it that 99% of people in the Netherlands have access to primary care? How can Dutch doctors look after large numbers of patients while still providing primary care? Those are some of the questions Dr. Kiran is set on answering when she visits the Netherlands to learn more about their primary…

[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: who’s accountable for access?

How do you design a system that delivers timely primary care — not by chance, but by design? In this final episode in the Netherlands, Tara visits a health insurance company and reflects with her travel companion, Rosemary Hannam on what stood out from their trip to the Netherlands. They discuss ho…

[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: after-hours care that works

Emergency departments in Canada are overcrowded — but what if they didn’t have to be? In Part Three of her audio documentary series from the Netherlands, Dr. Tara Kiran takes listeners behind the scenes at two Dutch after-hours clinics: one in the university town of Nijmegen, and another in bustlin…