Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

When a big government is run by people who don’t believe in big government, unexpected things can happen. So it is with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

Increased “scope of practice” for advanced practice nurse practitioners is not associated with lower wages for primary care physicians.

Despite Toronto Star’s best efforts, George won’t ‘wear’ ORNGE

Health minister defends order, but AMA worries it puts 1,800 MDs under ‘political control’

Dianne Dyer, president, College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, Edmonton and Lesley MacGregor, a nurse practitioner from Edmonton, respond to a letter in the Edmonton Journal saying to “Leave prescribing to physicians”.

Nurse practitioners will have to pick up the slack beginning in 2014, if the Supreme Court allows President Barack Obama’s healthcare law to add at least 30 million people to U.S. practices.

Former BCMA directors push for shorter terms, greater say on AGMs association governance, medical politics, association reform, leadership

New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador the latest jurisdictions to reveal they are cutting the cost of generic drugs.