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- 10/26/2020
New research shares safety strategies for women experiencing domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
As a veteran researcher who has studied intimate partner violence for 25 years, Dr. Patricia O’ Campo knows that women experience higher rates of increased violence during epidemics — a troubling and well documented pattern. - 10/26/2020
'Escape the politics': B.C. clinic places ads seeking to recruit Alberta doctors
Denning Health Group, which runs seven clinics in several Greater Vancouver cities is running advertisements in Alberta hoping to recruit doctors, urging them to “escape the politics” and “come practice in beautiful B.C." - 10/26/2020
Manitoba physicians keen to see changes to province's virtual care model
Manitoba has yet to approve extended virtual care visits with doctors or specialists and is the only province in the country that doesn't allow doctors to bill for such visits. - 10/26/2020
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- 10/26/2020
Next Saskatchewan government must invest in rural primary care, mental health
The SMA is asking the next government to make further investments in rural mental health and addictions treatment. This echoes pleas by rural physicians for access to mental health and addictions treatment professionals such as counsellors, psychologists or psychiatrists, and the ability to call on their services on short notice. Lack of access is particularly acute with children’s mental health care. - 10/25/2020
Mobile health unit brings combo of traditional medicine and Indigenous healing practices to vulnerable communities
The nurses, doctors and social workers involved in the mobile unit travel the city, jumping between homeless encampments and other areas to treat anyone in need of medical attention. - 10/25/2020
The leadership failure in Canadian healthcare
At the PHAC, the replacement of the most senior content expert, the chief public health officer, as leader with a bureaucrat with no knowledge of public health led to a dumbing down of the scientific information with important messages being lost, or not recognized or put on to a lower priority for fiscal or political reasons. - 10/25/2020
Doctors frustrated by unpaid claims after Ontario pledged to honour expired health cards
Ontario announced in March it was extending the validity of drivers' licences and health cards to promote physical distancing at ServiceOntario locations. But Dr. Samantha Hill, president of the OMA, said after many doctors supported the move, the province hasn't followed up regarding related claims.