Marjo Johne
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- 3/13/2024
‘Extraordinarily insulting:’ Ontario’s new acuity payment will cost physicians more money, says family doctors union
Changes brought in with the new model could discourage family doctors in family health organizations and networks from doing emergency and hospitalist work, critics say. - 3/12/2024
The question of quotas: As pharmacists wait for answers, Ontario's Health Ministry responds with the status quo
An email to Pharmacy Practice + Business did not address a question about a commitment made at the end of February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones to 'absolutely do our due diligence' to ensure the province’s MedsCheck program is being used appropriately. - 3/11/2024
'Does not reflect well on you': Doctor charged a fee to fill out accessible parking permit forms—even for patients who were ineligible
Under the Ontario Medical Association’s physicians’ guide to uninsured services, doctors are not permitted to charge for completing accessible parking permit applications. - 3/10/2024
Extra money for extra work: Ontario docs in some types of primary care groups to get acuity payments for rostered patients
The April 1 rollout of the capitation adjustment fee represents a 'significant improvement to payment equity over the current system that is based on age and sex alone,' the Ontario Medical Association told its members. - 3/7/2024
New in Alberta: Individuals, organizations and communities can now sponsor FP positions for international doctors
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta plans to further expand its sponsorship model to high-demand speciality positions. - 3/6/2024
A toolkit to repair Canada's nursing shortage?
New federal government resource was created with input by nurses to help keep the country's largest group of healthcare workers stay longer with their employers and in the profession. - 3/3/2024
More money, not enough details: Where’s the new payment model for Alta. docs now that the province’s budget is out?
'We need to move expeditiously' to lock down a comprehensive care funding model, said Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Paul Parks. 'The urgency is still very real.' - 2/29/2024
Speak up: Ontario regulator wants to hear about pharmacists' experiences with clinical services targets
The Ontario College of Pharmacists survey comes amid media stories of pharmacies imposing quotas on clinical services and a pledge by the Ontario government to probe possible MedsCheck program abuses. - 2/28/2024
Liberals take first step toward pharmacare with bill for birth control, diabetes meds
'This is a proof-of-concept opportunity to try (providing) two drugs on a universal, single-payer model,' says federal Health Minister Mark Holland. - 2/28/2024
Sleepless and depressed: Could this CBT-based approach help young night owls struggling with clinical depression?
Among young people with depression, 80% report late-night sleep patterns. Researchers at UC San Francisco compared transdiagnostic sleep and circadian intervention against psychoeducation focused on healthy lifestyle. - 2/28/2024
‘Although she asked for help . . . she did not get it’: Pharmacist found guilty of negligence says understaffing created risk for errors
Norma Adas-Ataya. who gave an infant double the prescribed dose of antibiotics, should have rechecked her work, said the discipline council of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec. - 2/28/2024
Ottawa repurposing $10.5B to hike spending on healthcare, housing over three years
Almost one-quarter of the funds being repurposed next year are coming out of the Department of National Defence.
