JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 9/3/2024
Cold turkey?
Dr. John Crosby spoke with an anonymous doctor about a choice to stop about 300 patients on long-term opioid therapy cold turkey after taking over an existing practice. - 7/29/2024
Ontario pharmacists can and should do all they can to help our collective patients
Dr. John Crosby asserts that there is more than enough work for every healthcare professional in Canada and that a little competition never hurt anyone. - 6/21/2024
I just had my teeth cleaned for $174
If you brush your teeth twice a year, see your dentist three times a day. Old dad joke by an old dad. - 6/3/2024
Can AI save family practice in Canada?
Dr. John Crosby describes watching his colleagues use an AI scribe tool—and he was more than impressed. - 5/15/2024
Am I the only doctor who actually likes paperwork?
Paperwork: you know . . . the stuff we do 19 hours a week or 49,450 hours a lifetime! - 4/22/2024
Meet the psychiatrist who never burned out
A career in one speciality doesn't have to mean boredom or burnout. Dr. John Crosby tells the story of a colleague whose career looked very different from year to year. - 2/13/2024
A Canadian on the pros and cons of practising in the U.S.
A Canadian doing her final-year of family medicine residency in the U.S., highlights concerns about the increasing dominance of mid-level practitioners in American healthcare. - 1/31/2024
My list: Why Canadian family doctors are collapsing
Here's my list of reasons—after all, it's a massive problem with far more than one cause to blame. - 11/21/2023
Help! My receptionist is in voicemail jail!
- 10/26/2023
A union for family doctors?
I spoke with Dr. Ramsey Hijazi, who is spearheading the (very) new Ontario Union of Family Physicians—which wants to see government funding for FPs rise dramatically.
