Healthcare

The Pharmacare Act requires Ottawa to negotiate the terms of funding agreements with provinces and territories.

Health Canada has issued medical device licences for some wireless earbuds that have built-in hearing aid capabilities, but Ontario law currently bans selling a hearing aid unless it is prescribed by a doctor or audiologist.

It's essential that any AI tools implemented in healthcare—especially in patient care—be overseen and monitored by informed humans, panel warns.

Change would allow faster access to opioid treatment medications in clinics.

Since most medications are taken daily, doses outside that interval have a lot of error potential.

Growing interest is driving chains like CVS to invest in new training, tuition and apprenticeship programs for techs.

Weakening board expertise through the exclusion of non-physician directors risks undermining the OMA’s influence and accountability at a critical turning point.

The Alberta government says Bill 29 will reduce wait times, keep Albertans healthier and give people more control over their health. But in a letter to members last Friday, AMA president Dr. Brian Wirzba wrote that more tests ‘do not automatically mean better care.’