The chair of the Treaty 4 Education Alliance is encouraged by a letter of understanding (LOU) signed with Canada’s Indigenous Services minister, which he says is a roadmap to better meeting the needs of
With the start of the new year, the provincial government will provide access to free drug coverage regardless of family income or private insurance. Source: Free prescription drugs now available for anyone under 25
Source: Other conditions may be causes of chest pain – Harvard Health
Source: Does hearing loss increase the risk of dementia? – Healthy Debate
We’ve spent centuries trying to kill bacteria. Now, scientists have shown that subtler approaches can work—at least in mice. Source: Treating Disease by Nudging the Microbes Inside Us – The Atlantic
Opinion: Long wait times have become the defining characteristic of Canadian health care Source: Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high, again – Macleans.ca
Inflexible training and the pressure to work longer hours to cover staff shortages left me little time for my young child and took a toll on my health Source: I didn’t train as a
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Doctors NS warn government that this contract doesn’t come close to solving the major problems facing NS health care system. A blick 0.5% raise in physician fees for NS who are already one of, and for many
by David Nurse in Nova Scotia’s future Last week, Sheldon MacLeod with News 95.7, had a number of guests on who discussed Nova Scotia’s physician shortage and how the Nova Scotia Health Authority is
CanAm Physician Recruiting called it a year ago when meeting with NS Premier, NS health system is on the brink of disaster. Followup meetings with top health bureaucrats confirm the ignorance is wide spread throughout the Department
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
This May 2, 2016 article from the Regina Leader-Post by D.C. Fraser highlights the responsibility that provincial governments and provincial medical associations have in the management of taxpayer funds in hiring and retaining physicians.
There is a lot of talk in the media these days about Medicinal cannabis and how successful these clinics might be. Canada’s largest and most reputable is Cannabinoid Medical Clinics (CMC); headquartered in Toronto this clinic
This April 15, 2016 Medical Post article by Dr. Sarah Giles once again addresses the high cost of credentialing and licensing for physicians seeking to do locum work in neighbouring health boards and provinces. CanAm has been out
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