ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/28/2019
Herbal clinic in Surrey, B.C., closed for selling lead, mercury tainted items
The BC Centre for Disease Control says products purchased from an herbal clinic in Surrey, B.C., may contain lead or mercury and pose a serious health risk. - 1/27/2019
Promote shorter antibiotic courses for treating common infections in long-term care
Public Health Ontario introduces resources to curb unnecessary antibiotic use in long-term care - 1/27/2019
Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the lining of the heart, possibly linked to increasing use of the opioid hydromorphone. - 1/27/2019
Quebec pharmacists inappropriately charged public insurance plan $3 million
Some pharmacists were allegedly billing for services delivered to deceased patients - 1/27/2019
Officials ponder easing mobility for doctors, nurses between provinces
Four premiers from east coast provinces have now supported such a move, which has been on the national radar for years - 1/27/2019
The third rail
Single payer healthcare has been given great moral freight in Canadian policy debates, but that's hampered us from figuring out how to improve it - 1/27/2019
How to 'axe the fax' in healthcare
- 1/27/2019
Quebec gov't backs off on revealing names of doctors who overbilled
The Quebec government will not reveal the names of doctors, pharmacists or other health professionals who billed too much, La Presse reported Jan. 28. - 1/24/2019
Saskatchewan doctor fined and suspended for excessive billings
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan has suspended a Regina doctor for four months and fined him $15,000 for excessive billing.