Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of the department’s scientific advisory committee on pest control products late last month.
Because of the delays in one patient's healthcare, her cancer had spread to bone and lung. She had wasted 18 months on the waitlist. I have hundreds of stories like this.
Made-in-Alberta technology is designed to make it easier for doctors to identify performance gaps in their practice, document improvements and get CME credits.
The decision sets in motion a reversal of government policy that began almost 30 years ago when then-premier Ralph Klein collapsed more than 200 health boards and agencies into 17 regional health authorities.
Dr. Albert Kadri refused to make policy-mandated clinic referrals, sent orders to the hospital after he lost privileges, collected fees that should have been paid to other nephrologists and misled a young physician with a job offer he did not have the authority to make.
