Doctors told to pay attention to those controversial rating websites
Written by JERED STUFFCO on September 23, 2014 for The Medical Post Don’t take it personally—that’s the message from the Canadian Medical Protective Association to doctors regarding physician ratings sites. get very upset with (online) criticismAmong their recommendations: Take the feedback as “objectively as possible,” the Leader-Post reported here. And the CMPA added: “Rather […]
CMA partners with CARP on Seniors Care
by Pat Rich 8/27/2014 The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has joined with the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) to urge provincial and territorial premiers to take the lead in establishing a seniors care strategy. The CMA and CARP recently wrote to the Council of the Federation to recommend that the future mandate of the Council’s […]
New Research Indicates Dogs Can Detect Breast Cancer
New research suggests that dogs could soon be used to detect breast cancer in an extremely effective and reliable manner. Animals working for Medical Detection Dogs in Buckinghamshire, UK, have already had a 93 percent rate of accuracy when it comes to sniffing 6,000 urine samples to detect prostate cancer. The results of this prostate […]
Changes to Labour Market Opinion Process Costly and Potential Risk to Foreign Physician Employment for Canadian Communities in Need
Recently, the federal government announced sweeping changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Most significant are a 300% cost increase to employers and the deletion of the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) with the new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and Transition Plan. The purpose of the new LMIA application is essentially the same as […]
Poll reveals Canadians support doctors’ moral right to deny treatment
TORONTO | An unscientific poll suggests that Canadians support a doctor’s right to refuse some procedures on the grounds of moral beliefs. fundamental rights of those who seek their medical services The new stats from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario tallied up some 14,000 votes, giving the edge to the doctor’s beliefs. […]
Gunfire exchanged between patient and doctor at Philadelphia hospital
An investigation is underway after a gunfight at a suburban Philadelphia hospital left one caseworker dead, a doctor with a bullet wound and a former patient in critical condition. Local law enforcement commended Dr. Silverman for his actions District Attorney Jack Whelan told reporters that caseworker Theresa Hunt accompanied patient Robert Plotts to psychiatrist Dr. […]
U.S. doctor working with Ebola patients tests positive
The Associated Press Published Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:48PM EDT BOONE, N.C. — A U.S. doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said Saturday. Samaritan’s Purse issued a news release saying Dr. Kent Brantly was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia, […]
Ottawa doctor who caused a public health scare has agreed never to practise medicine again
Christiane Farazli, doctor who sparked health scare, reprimanded An Ottawa doctor who caused a public health scare in 2011 after her endoscopy clinic failed a health inspection has agreed never to practise medicine again. Dr. Christiane Farazli was publicly reprimanded Thursday by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons for disregarding the safety of patients […]
Report makes sorrowful acknowledgement — Toronto police have ‘in effect, become part of the mental healthcare system’
By the numbers, the report of former Supreme Court Judge Frank Iacobucci on how Toronto Police deal with mentally and emotionally disturbed people goes like this: 274 pages, 84 recommendations, and one great big long-in-the-coming, almost sorrowful acknowledgement of how the world is. Because of the chaotic patchwork that is Ontario’s mental health system and […]
‘Panic Situation” Top Doctor Critical of Drug Shortage Information Sharing
Canada is facing a major drug shortage problem and authorities must do more to notify patients when supplies of the medications they rely on are dwindling, as well as investigate the causes of the shortages, says the president of the Canadian Medical Association. There are now more than 500 drugs listed on Health Canada’s drug […]
