Discussions

Only fee-for-service MDs, alone among professionals, get paid the same for a service regardless of how experienced they are

Bravo to the Vancouver Island Health Authority for employing two nurse practitioners and applause to the nurses who have worked hard and committed themselves to this emerging role in health care.

Registrar clarifies bylaw revisions affecting technicians, seeks public feedback.

New compensation model was due to many years of hard work on behalf of the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association and Alberta Health.

What will be most interesting in the Ontario Liberal leadership race will be to see if any candidate sees advantage in moving beyond the current consensus in Ontario health care. Pending decisions on the transfer of the Shouldice private hospital licence, and the campaign (which I strongly support) by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario for the elimination of Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) are a couple of places where a real debate might actually emerge