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- 11/15/2021
Refresher on recent CPSBC practice standard updates
Treating family members, ending patient-registrant relationship and more. - 11/15/2021
What does the current job market tell us about family medicine’s future in Ontario?
Dr. Ilan Shahin collected the job postings for family doctors in Toronto for a week recently and then he codified them. He found some interesting things about where job growth for doctors is happening. - 11/15/2021
Doctor as patient: Six months into a Parkinson's diagnosis
Dr. Mark Wise is coming up on the six-month mark after his Parkinson's disease diagnosis. - 11/14/2021
Alabama boy named world's most premature infant to survive
Dr. Brian Sims, who was the attending physician, said statistics show that children born so young have virtually no chance of survival, but Curtis beat the odds. - 11/14/2021
Manitoba pharmacists surprised, confused on details about new rules for teen COVID-19 rapid tests
“We found out when it was announced,” says Ashley Hart, president of Pharmacists Manitoba. - 11/14/2021
New Brunswick health minister announces plan to link patients with primary care
Dr. Mark MacMillan, president of the New Brunswick Medical Society, says physicians are encouraged by the minister's announcement. - 11/14/2021
Rexall partners with Life Support to provide patients with mental wellness assessment and triage tool
Life Support is a tech company that creates tools aiming to help people assess their mental wellness. - 11/14/2021
Quebec judge refuses injunction against abandoned vaccine mandate for health workers
Justice Michel Yergeau's 47-page decision denied the request by unvaccinated health network employees, including nurses, doctors and other workers. - 11/14/2021
The fault in our stars: Aaron Rodgers reminds us why celebrity shouldn’t trump science
They say never meet your heroes. What makes them great astronauts, actors or athletes doesn’t always make them great elsewhere in life. Take Aaron Rodgers. The Green Bay Packers quarterback is undeniably great at playing football. But it’s what’s happening above the shoulder pads that’s receiving attention recently. - 11/14/2021
Negation driving many Ontario family doctors to distraction
Enrolled or rostered patients in Ontario who go outside their family clinic result in fee deductions for the clinic. It has always been ‘infuriating’ but some say the pandemic and online walk-in clinics has made it worse.