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 📊❤️https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lykxhh57o22y🎙️ 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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-our-voices/id177930974711 Sep 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykxhh57o22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lqxtbnnh2k2bI 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/primary-focus-with-dr-tara-kiran/id179641958806 Jun 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxtbnnh2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lqb3oknd522b📢 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: https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/3/181 @unityhealthto.bsky.social28 May 2025 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqb3oknd522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lps4wumn5c2j🎙️ 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.ca22 May 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps4wumn5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lpmdltpthc26New 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 🔗 https://www.cfp.ca/content/71/5/32420 May 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmdltpthc26https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lpcjkzujks23🎧 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 ⬇️🎙️16 May 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcjkzujks23https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lok3kb5dks2oLoved this conversation on how communities can lead change in healthcare. We won’t get to equity without sharing power and listening deeply. 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgg9HgfW4fc [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lok3kb5dks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3logtjqf62225What 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.ca05 May 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3logtjqf62225https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lo7lvodt7c2lHow 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!02 May 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7lvodt7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lo4qrmmpas2jImagine 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.01 May 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4qrmmpas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lo2m2c2zkk2eIn 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.social30 Apr 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2m2c2zkk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lnkwly4kys2nIt’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. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/why-millions-of-canadians-are-still-waiting-for/id1796419588?i=100070471274124 Apr 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkwly4kys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lmue6wmodc2xHow 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAyMgZ9XHI15 Apr 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmue6wmodc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lmkmef6sbk2zToo 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 https://globeandmailevents.com/election202511 Apr 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkmef6sbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3lmaevribys24Patients 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. 🔗 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadas-medical-records-systems-are-unwell/07 Apr 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmaevribys24https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3llyuifrn4c2nI’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. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/season-5-episode-10-the-primary-care-crisis/id1561057150?i=100070204205904 Apr 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyuifrn4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3llwe3kf3fs2n27% 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. 🔗 https://bcmj.org/premise/moving-dial-team-based-care-british-columbia03 Apr 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwe3kf3fs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3llw6mgr43c22Family 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: https://www.jabfm.org/content/37/6/99603 Apr 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw6mgr43c22https://bsky.app/profile/tarakiran.bsky.social/post/3llrwqg3h2c24Thanks 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 https://canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-manages-100-primary-care-access01 Apr 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:eeu7or377dmn4hpb5dapyt5i/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrwqg3h2c24