ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/22/2013
Diagnosing and treating pediatric asthma in primary care
Most diagnoses, and treatment of mild or moderate asthma, can be done in the family physician’s office - 4/22/2013
Compulsory treatment useless?
- 4/22/2013
Complaint handling times all over the map
Lack of pan-Canadian standards mean it is hard to say if complaints are hanging over some doctors too long - 4/22/2013
Colleges: Who will watch the watchers?
- 4/22/2013
College: friend or foe?
The president of the Ontario college, Dr. Eric Stanton, on why he ran for council— and how it changed his view of the college - 4/22/2013
Beware high heart rate
- 4/22/2013
Are the colleges ballooning out of control?
Between 2004 and 2011, the total budgets at Canada’s medical regulators nearly doubled - 4/21/2013
U.S. authorities say beware the 'cinnamon challenge'
The “cinnamon challenge” might sound like an innocuous test, but U.S. authorities are sounding the alarm over what’s become a trending prank on YouTube. - 4/21/2013
Why you don’t need the one-concern-per-visit rule
You can have an efficient office and offer better care without this risky limitation - 4/21/2013
This isn’t your grandfather's healthcare system
We need to have an adult conversation about healthcare. The healthcare "doomsday clock" is ticking and we don't have the luxury to put this off any longer. In order to help kickstart the conversation, I thought I'd weigh in with five things I'd do if I were in charge. These are by no means the only changes we need to consider implementing in order to save our healthcare system from imploding, but they'd be a good start. Doing nothing is not an option. We've already wasted too much time pretending everything's all right.