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CMA president Dr. Jeff Turnbull argues the group’s new paper offers a realistic health IT plan for doctors and patients

Be forewarned—they are coming to your health-care facility and they are well-armed. The nitrates, beta-blockers, ARBs, ACE inhibitors, hypoglycemic agents, blood thinners, platelet inhibitors and, of course, Viagra coursing through their vasculature will make your life as a physician caring for these patients a living hell. Add to this their implantable electronic cardiac devices, stents, alcohol-weary livers and marginal kidneys, and you have yourself a perfect storm.

One physician counts the many ways in which medical groups in British Columbia have failed doctors—and the public

In search of solutions for our increasingly stressed healthcare system.