Healthcare

Alberta finished centralizing its health system 15 years ago to create AHS, but Premier Danielle Smith said the contemplated changes would not turn back the clock to a completely decentralized model.

Doctors need to fight the inertia that can result from software programs providing a full list of DDIs—some of which aren't clinically significant.

Child psychiatrist Dr. Gail Beck says teens often say they just want to hang out or party in the summer but having some structure is often better for depression or anxiety.

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They suggest that this practice would reduce reliance on illegal stimulants during the ongoing drug poisoning crisis.

It’s the first contract since the nurses—and other broader public sector workers—were subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as Bill 124, which capped increases at 1% a year.

All physicians will see salary increases each year, over the the four-year agreements.