Martha Porado

Editor, Canadian Healthcare Network

Author Profile

Martha Porado is a Toronto-based award-winning reporter and editor specializing in healthcare, science, business and political journalism. She is the editor of the Canadian Healthcare Network, prior to which she was the managing editor of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business.

Her previous roles include associate editor of Benefits Canada magazine, where she specialized in institutional investment news. Her byline can also be found in many other Canadian publications, including Advisor’s Edge, Investment Executive, the Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, Canadian Grocer, Now Magazine and the now defunct Vice. Prior to focusing on print and digital publishing, she worked at BNN Bloomberg’s downtown Toronto newsroom as a broadcast associate and production coordinator for live news broadcasts. She fondly remembers screening call-in questions for its popular Market Call program.

When she is not editing copy on new clinical research or putting together tomorrow’s Doctor Daily newsletter, she can be found watering her ceiling-scraping houseplants, driving around with antique furniture peeking out of her hatchback, or bragging about how she’s definitely seen more movies than you have.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

6/25/2026
QUIZ: Have you heard of eastern equine encephalitis?
It’s summertime and the mosquitoes are biting. But West Nile isn’t the only mosquito-borne viral threat in Canada. Test your knowledge of the rare but deadly eastern equine encephalitis!

Martha Porado
6/24/2026
A cancer patient’s cats inspired a push for pets in hospice wards
Under proposed new legislation in Poland, patients would have the right to be visited in hospices and palliative care wards by their pets.

Martha Porado
6/22/2026
A refresher on menopause care with a physician helping launch Manitoba’s next specialized clinic
New funding means south Winnipeg will be getting the Manitoba Menopause Clinic. While its establishment is a ways away, we spoke with Dr. Debra Evaniuk about what physicians need to remember when providing this type of care.

Martha Porado
6/21/2026
Here’s what you need to know about Ottawa’s new policies on social media and AI
Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation.

Martha Porado
6/18/2026
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement Thursday, while on a construction site in Vancouver, calling the plan a ‘landmark new agreement’ for building more homes and modernizing infrastructure in B.C.

Martha Porado
6/18/2026
Why independent pharmacy became my calling
My education in Uganda had prepared us for pharmacy in a much broader sense.

Martha Porado
6/17/2026
Kimberly Moran departs OMA, Dr. Andrew Park steps in as interim CEO
The news release from the OMA provided no additional details on the departure of Kimberly Moran as its chief executive officer.

Martha Porado
6/17/2026
Getting out of ‘endless pilotitis’: A new method for evaluating AI tools in healthcare
The toolkit was developed after Digital Health Canada performed an environmental scan of AI applications and found tools like ambient scribes were being deployed without a standardized method of evaluating them.

Martha Porado
6/14/2026
Figuring it all out—again
In Iran, I was an established pharmacist working in the insurance sector. I had a defined role, leadership responsibilities, and the trust of pharmacy owners who relied on me to advocate for fair assessments.

Martha Porado
6/14/2026
A chat with Dr. Adam Thompson on B.C. physicians’ new four-year agreement
While not all details are quite revealed, there is still much to discuss.

Martha Porado