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- 7/16/2022
Mental health experts say Canada should have a three digit suicide crisis hotline
Sheryl Boswell, the executive director of Youth Mental Health Canada, said Canada should act fast to establish this essential mental health service. - 7/14/2022
EnsembleIQ recognized for outstanding company leadership, driving positive culture change
EnsembleIQ is the parent company for the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business. - 7/14/2022
FP says Alberta's way of funding primary care clinics is better than BC's
The doctor, who spoke with the Terrace Standard on condition of anonymity, pointed to a Chilliwack primary care centre that's been totally unable to bring on any doctors or nurse practitioners since it became otherwise ready to open. - 7/14/2022
B.C. Court of Appeal set to deliver ruling in private healthcare case
Dr. Brian Day had challenged the province's Medicare Protection Act, which bans extra-billing and private insurance for medically necessary procedures. - 7/14/2022
Newfoundland and Labrador temporarily hikes pay for doctors in rural emergency rooms
Health Minister Tom Osborne told reporters today the pay increase could amount to as much as $800 a day. - 7/14/2022
QUIZ: Medical errors and patient safety
Test your knowledge of recent headlines and landmark research. - 7/13/2022
Patient dies while waiting hours to be seen in New Brunswick emergency department
John Staples, a residential support worker, witnessed the incident early Tuesday morning as he waited with a client at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital and posted details on social media. - 7/13/2022
Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
Most of it is a $2-billion health transfer top-up the federal government pledged for provincial and territorial governments in March mainly to help relieve surgical backlogs.