Doctors urged to learn to treat opioid addiction, not shun patients – The Globe and Mail
Dr. Peter Selby, in the addictions division of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said stigma and discrimination prevent physicians from getting training to treat vulnerable patients who have become addicted to opioids Source: Doctors urged to learn to treat opioid addiction, not shun patients – The Globe and Mail
Organ donations are surging in Canada, data show – The Globe and Mail
Country’s rate still lags others such as the United States and Spain, new research finds Source: Organ donations are surging in Canada, data show – The Globe and Mail
‘Wow, it’s actually beating’: Novoheart creates tiny heart-like structure with stem cells to test new drugs – Business – CBC News
Novoheart Ltd. is the first in the world to use stem cells to grow miniature human heart-like valves and wants to use them to test new drugs — technology that may lead to fewer animals being used as test subjects and save big pharmaceutical firms billions. Source: ‘Wow, it’s actually beating’: Novoheart creates tiny heart-like […]
Taking control of alcohol-related emergency department visits | Emergency Medicine Journal
Alcohol consumption continues to be a significant contributing factor to hospital admissions and deaths from a diverse range of conditions. Latest Public Health England (PHE) Local Alcohol Profiles for England data1 show that alcohol-related admissions during the year 2015/2016 increased to 2179 per 100 000 admission episodes as compared with 1639/100 000 in 2008/2009. Alcohol-related liver and […]
Veterans face much higher suicide rate than civilians – The Globe and Mail
1,486 former military members ended their lives from 1976 to 2012, with one-third of the suicides occurring after 2002, when Canadian troops were entrenched in the Afghanistan war. Source: Veterans face much higher suicide rate than civilians – The Globe and Mail
Donna May Kimmaliardjuk: Canada’s First Inuk Heart Surgeon – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
She’s a 2018 Indspire Award recipient and a role model for young women and Indigenous youth – not to mention the country’s first Inuk heart surgeon Source: Donna May Kimmaliardjuk: Canada’s First Inuk Heart Surgeon – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Canadian Physician Employment Job Details
CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc. interactive job board, where physicians worldwide are matched to locum and or permanent placement opportunities. Source: Canadian Physician Employment Job Details
CanAm Completes Weymouth Contract; Health Authority Withdraws Support for Position in community with significant need
CanAm will complete its contract with the Weymouth Physician Recruitment Committee this month. Through the course of our work with Weymouth, we learned a lot about what is happening – and what is not happening – with the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s physician recruitment activities. CanAm was successful in identifying a strong potential candidate for […]
N.L. ‘on par with Puerto Rico and Venezuela’ financially, health minister says
Dr. John Haggie, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Minister discusses the budget deficit his province is facing in this June 29, 2016 article in The Telegram (St. John’s, NL). He called it “unparalleled in Canadian history in any jurisdiction”. At the July 2016 Primary Healthcare Forum Conference, Dr. Haggie compared the $2.4 billion deficit to the likes of countries […]
Doctors go ‘Lean’ to cut wait times, improve health-care efficiency
Submitted by: Hedi Cameron, Regional Manager, CanAm Physician Recruiting This is a great example of how looking at a problem in a different way or from a different perspective can make improvements, which may appear to be small on their own, but cumulatively amount to significant changes. The same principles that work at making financial institutions and […]
