Sarah Nation

[University Health Network @UHN]

Congratulations to @drandrewb on receiving the 2026 @gginnovation Award!

Dr. Boozary is recognized for leading the creation of Dunn House - Canada’s first hospital-led supportive housing initiative. Learn more about his trailblazing work:
https://t.co/uN7eIIgYCr

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Good to see our health care workers and hospitals get the recognition they deserve.

As we protect Canada’s world-class health care system, we’re also determined to make it better —  by building new facilities and ensuring our health professionals have the support they need.

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent. Research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes, says @AndrewBoozary of the University Health Network.
https://t.co/yUG1uFolDg via @TorontoStar @UHN

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

this is why.

[Evan Solomon @EvanLSolomon]

Both a home and a hospital, Dunn House is healing far beyond its walls.

This innovative, hospital-led housing initiative is providing stable homes and wraparound care for those who need it most. The results speak volumes: emergency room visits in the community have dropped by half. For residents, it’s life-changing. For our health system, it’s transformative.

Full video here: https://t.co/ZjWdtsuZk1

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

It’s been one year since we opened Dunn House — Canada’s first social medicine housing initiative. And this has been family over the past year.

The data is staggering. Emergency Department visits for the tenants have plunged by over 50%. And days spent in hospital have similarly plummeted by nearly 80%.

What started as a “radical” idea — turning a parking lot into 51 homes — became a place where people who were living inside and out of hospitals, shelters, or on the street could finally exhale.

But the real drive for change, I hope, is how human dignity and health economics are completely aligned in the stories we tell.

The first story is from @_VictoriaGibson at the Toronto Star — about Jason Miles, a man whose addiction and homelessness cost more than $260,000 through ER visits, shelters, and jail stays. Not because he wanted that path, but because there wasn’t another one.

The second is from @liamdevlincasey in the CBC, about our @UHN teams and community partners deciding to try something different and center those patients that been sidelined in the health system. The cost calculus is clear when it can be over $50k per month in hospital, $15k in provincial jail and $4k for supportive housing.

I believe both these stories show the cost of crisis — and the return on compassion.

It’s still early, and there’s a lot more to do across the province. But one year in, I’m certain of this more than ever:

housing is healthcare.
compassion saves lives.
and dignity has to be co-designed into the system — not left to chance.

[Theresa 🇨🇦 @TheresaLubowitz]

One last finding from @KRonellenfitsch's polling: people are very intrigued by @drandrewb, the impressive 39 year-old primary care physician, researcher, and founding ED of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at UHN, once profiled by @BernieSanders. #onpoli #ontarioliberal

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

There’s no doubt we need serious reform in Canada — from primary care to pharmacare and more. But let’s be clear: our system is still eons more fair than what’s unfolding in the U.S., where nearly 17 million people could lose health coverage.

Grateful to speak with @SenSanders on this.

[UHN Foundation @uhnfoundation]

Mobile health clinics are helping build a healthier, more inclusive Canada — bringing care directly to communities and connecting people to the support they need. A new @UHN study shows their powerful impact ➜ https://t.co/0dYRQEe3rK

@drandrewb @TGHRI_UHN @UHN_Research

[Sarah Nation @SarahNation]

@drandrewb Congratulations, always inspiring!! 🥳 wishing you a happy happy birthday and well deserved congratulations! 🎉

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

From a medical perspective, I’m not so sure our brains were made to scroll this much grief and tragedy day in, day out, while feeling like we’re not able to do anything to stop the hurt and suffering.

[UHN Foundation @uhnfoundation]

Mobile health clinics (MHCs) break down barriers to care for marginalized communities. A recent study by @drandrewb shows their impact in Toronto, thanks to a partnership involving @UHN’s Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine.

Read more about it below!

[Sarah Nation @SarahNation]

@drandrewb 👏👏👏👏 housing for all

[University Health Network @UHN]

"Every day, people are dying on social-housing waitlists, denied stability that makes health and well-being possible."

Read the illuminating @globeandmail piece by @drandrewb, executive director of UHN's Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine:
https://t.co/S29MVAgpFv

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

1 month in hospital: $30k
1 month in prison: $10k
1 month in shelter: $7k
1 month in social housing: $4k

The solution is clear, and so is the cost of inaction. The question is, which will we choose to pay for?

https://t.co/ebH5wgsTeL @globeandmail

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

The #homelessness epidemic is a health crisis, but also an economic one, by @drandrewb https://t.co/zoVErqU1aC via @GlobeDebate

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Doctors in Halton can now prescribe nature 'to help people have a better quality of life.' PaRx program has been running since 2020 in other parts of Canada, by @aceciliacr
https://t.co/8EymHsOa9m via @cbcnews @Melissa_Lem

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

the solution to homelessness is housing for all.

month in hospital: ~$30,000
month in prison: ~$12,000
month in shelter: ~$6,000

month in supportive housing:
$4,000

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

Ever heard of the wrong pocket problem? In my latest for @IRPP I argue that @UHN's new housing initiative hints at the way to overcome policy silos and transform the way we deliver social programs.

🧵1/7
https://t.co/QjJVc2TKHH

#onpoli #healthcare #AffordableHousing

[Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home @invisiblepeople]

“One of the things that we've been trying to do is push away from the use of terms like frequent fliers or bed blockers. Doesn't really feel like that's patient centered, and nobody wants to be in a hospital bed if they don't have to. They want to be at home or outside or be with loved ones. And so I think it's moving away from those terms, but also questioning how our training usually puts the onus on the individual or the patient. So if you're not taking your medication because you're unhoused, your main part is where you're going to sleep side as opposed to renewing the prescription that I write for you.” ~ @drandrewb 📺

Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your podcasts.