Healthcare

Building ‘One Canada’ for healthcare: How a new national trust framework will end the era of the fax machine
As the Connected Care for Canadians Act moves through the Senate, Canada Health Infoway prepares a digital blueprint to seamlessly connect patient data across all 13 jurisdictions.
We can’t build the future of healthcare with ‘never-skilling’
Let’s get back to basics on what AI can actually do for doctors and make sure not to throw ethical reasoning, contextual interpretation and complex decision-making out with the bath water.

Explainer on new rules under B.C.’s Health Professions and Occupations Act

Under the new rules, the colleges will investigate complaints but the provincially appointed director of discipline will establish a panel to decide how someone will be disciplined.
I am a specialist in uncertainty

Beyond prescriptions and runny noses lies the valuable heart of family medicine: the art of sitting with the patients that the textbooks forgot.
Molecular testing for first-line treatment selection for advanced unresectable biliary tract cancer

These heterogeneous malignancies, historically, have carried a poor prognosis.
Canadian medical schools shine in new international ranking

The QS world university rankings by subject provided another chance for Canadian medical schools to shine.
CPhA glad to see Canada Health Act Services Policy coming into effect

Even though the policy is going into effect, provincial and territorial governments will have an extra year to get their own infrastructure in line.
Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, aims to address backlog

The vaccine injury support program began accepting claims in June 2021, after the widespread rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada.
N.S. health agency misusing rules around sole-sourced contracts, says auditor general

Kim Adair’s new report says that since 2020 Nova Scotia Health has awarded more than $3.7-billion worth of sole-sourced contracts, referred to as alternative procurement.
Ontario Autism Program spend now nearly $1B, advocates hope it makes dent in waitlist

Michael Parsa, the minister of children, community and social services, says the ‘vast majority’ of the new funding will go toward core services.

Building ‘One Canada’ for healthcare: How a new national trust framework will end the era of the fax machine

We can’t build the future of healthcare with ‘never-skilling’

Explainer on new rules under B.C.’s Health Professions and Occupations Act

I am a specialist in uncertainty

Molecular testing for first-line treatment selection for advanced unresectable biliary tract cancer

Canadian medical schools shine in new international ranking

CPhA glad to see Canada Health Act Services Policy coming into effect

Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, aims to address backlog

N.S. health agency misusing rules around sole-sourced contracts, says auditor general

Ontario Autism Program spend now nearly $1B, advocates hope it makes dent in waitlist