ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/27/2022
Half of the top 10 Ontario 'sunshine list' earners were in healthcare in 2021
The so-called "Sunshine list" includes numerous physicians and chief medical officers. - 3/24/2022
If the PPSA is rejected, what is the alternative?
Dr. Jabir Jassam says he has heard doctors' arguments pro and con on Ontario's Proposed Physician Services Agreement but a question remains. - 3/24/2022
The (medical) funny pages
Your essential dose of giggles—take two, or three (as needed) with your morning coffee. - 3/24/2022
HHS Pharmacy Research Support Services team finds hard-to-access drug for girls with Dravet Syndrome
Imagine having 200 one-second seizures a day. - 3/24/2022
Homicide trial for ex nurse's medication error goes to jury
The fate of a former Tennessee nurse whose patient died after she was accidentally injected with a paralyzing drug was put in the hands of the jury on Thursday evening. - 3/23/2022
Medical paperwork: Enough is enough!
More and more doctors are becoming allergic to this time-consuming paperwork that floods their offices and computers. - 3/23/2022
The COVID-19 surgery crisis is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to re-imagine surgery delivery in Canada
We can’t only blame the pandemic for poor access to elective surgery. Our surgical wait time woes predate the pandemic. - 3/23/2022
'Time for change': Toronto launching service to respond to mental health crisis calls
When a mental health crisis call comes in to 911 in certain parts of Toronto next month, a team typically consisting of two people such as a harm-reduction worker and a nurse, or an Indigenous elder and a de-escalation expert—not police—will be the first to respond. - 3/23/2022
Retiring, quitting, leaving and . . . returning: A look at the stats on Alberta's physicians
Alberta saw the number of physicians physically leaving the province rise from pre-pandemic levels, but still eked out a net increase in doctors.