How Team-Based Care Enhances Healthcare Delivery
In a recent podcast, Raymond Rupert, CEO of RCM Health, discussed the transformative impact of team-based care in healthcare. By fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals, team-based care enhances patient outcomes, improves efficiency, and alleviates administrative burdens. The approach includes strategic delegation of tasks, leveraging virtual care, and implementing AI and technology. These innovations not only […]
Ontario Physicians Demand Urgent Support Amid Growing Crisis
The Ontario College of Family Physicians has called for immediate government support to address the escalating family doctor shortage, with over 2.5 million Ontarians now without a family doctor. The organization highlights that systemic issues are overwhelming family physicians, leading to increased reliance on emergency departments and poorer health outcomes. Recommendations include reducing administrative burdens […]
The truth behind the care at a skilled nursing facility. A USA and Canadian issue!
The good homes need to be identified and need to be given the support and latitude required to care for this ever increasing portion of our American society. Source: The truth behind the care at a skilled nursing facility
Treaty 4 group sees hope for better on-reserve education in new agreement with Indigenous Services – CBC News | Indigenous
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 First Nations when it comes to on-reserve education. Source: Treaty 4 group sees hope for better on-reserve education in new agreement […]
Free prescription drugs now available for anyone in Ontario under 25 – Windsor – CBC News
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 – Windsor – CBC News
Treating Disease by Nudging the Microbes Inside Us – The Atlantic
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
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 […]
Cannabinoid Medicine’s rapid success through continued growth
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 has, in the past 10 months gone from one clinic in downtown Toronto with two physicians to 6 clinics with upwards […]
More medical marijuana clinics popping up across Canada
Cannabinoid Medical Clinic currently has locations in Toronto, Barrie, Halifax, and Ottawa, but the company is going to be opening locations in St. John’s, Calgary, and Edmonton over the next couple of months — and bringing their total to 20 clinics across Canada by the end of 2016. Dr. Danial Schedcter, medical director of Canabanoid Medical Clinic, […]
