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- 7/19/2011
It’s hot! Recognizing and managing heat-related illness
As temperatures soar, healthcare professionals should be alert for these signs of distress. - 7/19/2011
67% of GPs, 58% of specialists happy with pay in 2010: Ontario Medical Association member survey
TORONTO | Ontario’s doctors are generally quite happy with their pay, with general practitioners in particular expressing satisfaction over their remuneration. - 7/19/2011
Alberta college gets court to stop shady cosmetic provider from using ‘doctor’
EDMONTON | The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta has called in the cavalry to force a cosmetics service provider here to stop illegally using the term doctor. - 7/18/2011
Fee-for-service decline accelerating: survey
Now only 42% of doctors receive 90% or more of their earnings through fee-for-service - 7/18/2011
Ontario invests $6.3 million to move research from bench to bedside
The Ontario government is investing $6.3 million in the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario’s Adopting Research to Improve Care (ARTIC) Program, which is aimed at moving research evidence from the bench to the bedside to drive quality and improve patient care. - 7/18/2011
Inadequate referrals a concern: specialists
The state of referrals from family doctors to specialists appears to be a continuing concern among Canada’s specialists, according to the NPS. - 7/18/2011
There’s medicine in money