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- 4/2/2024
Ontario hospitals send 326K letters to patients whose info was stolen in cyberattack
The cyberattack targeted Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital on Oct. 23. - 4/2/2024
Systems restored after Toronto hospital network outage, cyberattack ruled out: UHN
After warning of delays earlier in the day at diagnostic services and some blood labs, UHN now says those delays could continue as staff work to clear the backlog. - 4/2/2024
Health minister’s berating of suffering patients was downright cruel
Desperate Canadians are being criticized for considering healthcare outside Canada, says Dr. Shawn Whatley. - 4/2/2024
Open letter to Premier Ford: Fix family medicine or risk losing the next election
It is coming up on 25% of Ontarians lacking a family doctor and the solution, Dr. Sohail Gandhi says to Ontario’s premier, is a raise of 35% for comprehensive care family physicians. - 4/2/2024
N.B. not ruling out notwithstanding clause in bill to force people into drug care
Last week, Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said the idea behind the bill is to force people with severe drug addiction into treatment if they are not in a mental state to make that decision voluntarily. - 4/2/2024
Advocacy groups decry federal government’s shutdown of mental health website, app
Health Canada announced in February that it would stop funding the Wellness Together Canada website and PocketWell app on April 3. - 4/2/2024
What does remote full psychiatric care look like? B.C.’s Fraser Valley is finding out
Beyond talk therapy, comprehensive psychiatric medicine supports patients with telemedicine. - 4/2/2024
U.S. says hospitals must obtain written consent for pelvic exams and similar procedures
If hospitals don’t obtain explicit consent, they may be ineligible for participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs. - 4/2/2024
Outage across Toronto hospital network cancels procedures, UHN says not cyberattack
In updates posted to social media, UHN says its staff have identified the problem and are working to fix it. - 4/2/2024
New medical school at York University to open in 2028
The new medical school that will be located at the Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital will devote 70% of its postgraduate seats for primary care.