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- 12/19/2024
‘The system is still in crisis’: CMA president looks back on 2024 and opportunities for the new year
From tackling the physician shortage to balancing public and private healthcare, Dr. Joss Reimer sits down with the Medical Post for a year-end interview. - 12/15/2024
POLL: Pharmacists, are you seeing physicians in your community refuse faxed requests for prescriptions?
Some pharmacists have already been notified by physicians in their communities that they will not accept prescription-related communications by fax. - 12/12/2024
POLL: Should physicians be refusing faxed requests for prescriptions in favour of PrescribeIT?
See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll. - 12/8/2024
Health Canada cracks down on authorizations for high amounts of cannabis amid risk of illicit diversion
Physicians who authorize high levels of cannabis may be required to provide Health Canada with an evidence-based rationale for their authorization. - 11/28/2024
OCP to require pharmacy directors to declare business requirements won’t get in the way of patient care
‘Pharmacy directors will soon be required to declare and certify that neither they nor their corporate directors are allowing business requirements to impede a pharmacy professional’s ability to provide effective and safe care to their patients,’ the college said. - 11/18/2024
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada expresses support for TMU med school admissions policies, calls out ‘harmful double standards’
‘We stand by TMU and any other medical school that is facing undue pressure to uphold past discriminatory admissions approaches,’ the association said. - 11/17/2024
Joint task force releases recommendations report to address barriers to interoperability in healthcare
The task force calls on the feds, provinces and territories to ‘commit to developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to improve interoperability within five years.’ - 11/11/2024
‘One spoon or no spoon’: Doctor loses appeal after objecting to her church’s COVID precautions for communion
The physician argued her statements were about theology, not medicine. But the college said her comments were ‘open to misinterpretation.’ - 10/29/2024
Neighbours give early Halloween treat for 4-year-old headed for heart surgery
Four-year-old Ian Ytsma was born with an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect, which is a lack of symmetry between left and right sides of the heart. - 10/24/2024
Ontario announces 95% of med school spots will be dedicated to in-province students, new funding for grants
The Ontario government announced on Friday medical schools in the province will be required to prioritize almost all their spots for in-province students, as well as new funding for students who commit to practicing family medicine.