ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 3/28/2023

  Different approaches: Three provinces strategize on drawing U.S. specialists to Canada

  Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario are making moves to wipe out barriers to U.S.-based physicians who'd like to make the move north. But which strategies will succeed?
• 3/28/2023

  Canada should look to Turkey for health information/data systems

  A system that allows for better communication between healthcare professionals of all kinds would bode well in Canada too, says Dr. Sohail Gandhi.
• 3/27/2023

  Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna

  Shoppers announced the shift Tuesday, but did not say what prompted the change or how much money Toronto-based Avicanna is paying for Shoppers to refer patients to its MyMedi.ca platform.
• 3/27/2023

  Ontario’s insulin biosimilar change and how to get through it easily

  In a world obsessed with growth and metrics, we are often measured by how much instead of how well. We are encouraged to skim the surface of many tasks instead of going miles deep in fewer of them.
• 3/27/2023

  Pharmacy U presenter Carlene Oleksyn: Shingles and the pharmacist's role in preventive care

  Pharmacists have the skills, knowledge and most frequent contact with patients and can make significant impacts on their lives. Shingles prevention is one of the most impactful preventive interventions pharmacists can make for at-risk patients.
• 3/27/2023

  Healthcare professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

  Nicholas Pope said there aren’t enough healthcare professionals licenced to provide psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and Health Canada’s decision means patients may have difficulty accessing therapists offering the treatment.
• 3/27/2023

  Key highlights from the latest federal budget

  The budget delivers on billions in healthcare cash flowing to provinces and territories.
• 3/27/2023

  Other programs can help uninsured, Ontario health minister says as coverage to end

  Sylvia Jones said uninsured patients can still receive healthcare through other programs after the Physician and Hospital Services for Uninsured Persons Program ends this Friday.
• 3/27/2023

  Ontario minister defends covering fewer eye exams for seniors

  The province announced Friday that it had reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients.
• 3/27/2023

  Case report: An oceanic rash

  Swimming in the ocean can have its drawback as discovered by a patient at Dr. Dickson's clinic.