The U.S. TEFCA is transforming emergency and chronic care coordination, but Canadian adoption of a similar ‘network of networks’ faces significant provincial hurdles.
On a quest to do some research for her next book, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes gets her British Columbia medical licence and tries practicing in northern B.C.
Dr. Emmanuel Okoro was found guilty of three charges relating to record keeping and falsification at a decision reached Sept. 25 by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.
Medical records showed her seizures were often followed by symptoms such as ‘confusion, irritability, physically and verbally abusive behaviour and episodic amnesia,’ the inquest heard.
The board says it accepts the province’s argument that testing, while routine, can have major ramifications on everything from cancer diagnoses to prenatal testing.
Loblaw says its new AI chatbot offers more reliable, Canada-specific health information, but experts say users should understand the privacy trade-offs before linking their health data.
Despite gains in clinical documentation, a report highlights concerns over AI-gen notes, medico-legal risks and patients pushing back with chatbot diagnoses.
