ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 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
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
How to 'axe the fax' in healthcare
- 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
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. - 1/24/2019
2018-19 flu vaccine highly effective: interim report
In contrast to this season’s vaccine, last year’s flu vaccine had less than 20% efficacy - 1/23/2019
Toronto oncologist loses licence after admitting to sexual relationship with patient
Dr. Theepa Sundralingam received her certificate of registration less than eight years ago.