Strategy

WHO chief says it was 'premature' to rule out COVID lab leak
In a rare departure from his usual deference to powerful member countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said getting access to raw data had been a challenge for the international team that traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the source of COVID-19.
Well Health: How a young upstart became the country's third largest EMR provider
In just two-and-a-half years, Vancouver-based Well Health Technologies went from providing OSCAR EMR software to about 200 clinics in B.C. to a user base of almost 11,000 physicians in about 2,200 sites across the country. With its recently launched app developer marketplace, Well Health aims to turn EMRs to platforms that clinicians can customize as easily as their iPhones.

Environmental racism: New study investigates whether Nova Scotia dump boosted cancer rates in nearby Black community

Questions about the high rates of cancer—and deaths—among members of Shelburne’s African Nova Scotian community, compared to their white neighbours on the other side of town or even within the South End, have long simmered.
Feds setting up guidelines to include national security considerations into university research funding criteria

Security questions around scientific research have drawn renewed attention after two scientists were escorted from the high-security National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg in July 2019 and then fired in January this year.
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination

The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms.
Decriminalizing drug use is a necessary step, but it won’t end the opioid overdose crisis

Media, policy-makers, advocates and the public claim that decriminalization will make drug use safer and save lives. But can it?
Ontario moving to Step 3 of reopening plan on July 16
Pharmacy Leader Kimberly Schroeder: 'You can and will make a difference in people’s lives'

You can and will make a difference in people’s lives. There is an entire industry behind you supporting you, and if you keep the patient at the centre of what you do, you can never go wrong.
Alberta finance minister, health provider want to roll back pay to nurses

The salary rollback proposed by Health Minister Travis Toews and Alberta Health Services is part of ongoing contract negotiations with the union that represents about 30,000 public-sector nurses.
CPSO draft social media policy profoundly challenging

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has published its new draft policy statement on the use of social media by physicians but this policy, if implemented, could see doctors in Ontario abandon social media platforms to which they contribute so much.
Last chance for democracy at CMA

We, the undersigned physician leaders, are speaking here to represent perspectives which are shared by many practising doctors. The CMA is set to make a change that will make it undemocratic. Pure democracy is the way to go for president and board positions.
Tips for strategic planning – How to take an idea and turn it into a business opportunity

When it comes to strategic business planning, it’s important to understand that strategy and planning are two different things. Strategy guides planning, not the other way around.

WHO chief says it was 'premature' to rule out COVID lab leak

Well Health: How a young upstart became the country's third largest EMR provider

Environmental racism: New study investigates whether Nova Scotia dump boosted cancer rates in nearby Black community

Feds setting up guidelines to include national security considerations into university research funding criteria

Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination

Decriminalizing drug use is a necessary step, but it won’t end the opioid overdose crisis

Ontario moving to Step 3 of reopening plan on July 16

Pharmacy Leader Kimberly Schroeder: 'You can and will make a difference in people’s lives'

Alberta finance minister, health provider want to roll back pay to nurses

CPSO draft social media policy profoundly challenging

Last chance for democracy at CMA

Tips for strategic planning – How to take an idea and turn it into a business opportunity