Martha Porado

Author Profile

Martha Porado is a Toronto-based award-winning reporter and editor specializing in healthcare, science, business and political journalism. She is the editor of the Canadian Healthcare Network, prior to which she was the managing editor of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business.

Her previous roles include associate editor of Benefits Canada magazine, where she specialized in institutional investment news. Her byline can also be found in many other Canadian publications, including Advisor’s Edge, Investment Executive, the Canadian Investment Review, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, Canadian Grocer, Now Magazine and the now defunct Vice. Prior to focusing on print and digital publishing, she worked at BNN Bloomberg’s downtown Toronto newsroom as a broadcast associate and production coordinator for live news broadcasts. She fondly remembers screening call-in questions for its popular Market Call program.

When she is not editing copy on new clinical research or putting together tomorrow’s Doctor Daily newsletter, she can be found watering her ceiling-scraping houseplants, driving around with antique furniture peeking out of her hatchback, or bragging about how she’s definitely seen more movies than you have.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

9/24/2024
Premier Smith announces plan to reinforce vaccine choice in Alberta Bill of Rights
University of Calgary law professor Lorian Hardcastle said it’s hard to know the impacts without seeing the amending legislation.

Martha Porado
9/23/2024
Federal Liberals launch pandemic preparedness agency, seeking faster vaccine development
Health Emergency Readiness Canada is tasked with boosting Canada’s life-sciences sector and ensuring Canadians get faster access to vaccines, medical therapies and diagnostics by accelerating the transition from research to commercialization.

Martha Porado
9/23/2024
New Brunswick Liberals pledge overhaul of recruitment for health professionals
The latest announcement adds to previous Liberal commitments to establish at least 30 new community care clinics to help cut primary care wait-times and a program to provide retention payments to nurses.

Martha Porado
9/23/2024
Manitoba government rolls out new age requirements for breast cancer screening
The province says it plans to progressively lower the age for self-referrals to 40 from 50, with a plan to get to the age of 45 for testing by the end of next year.

Martha Porado
9/18/2024
Poll: Do you ‘fire’ patients who are verbally abusive?
In healthcare settings, maintaining respectful and professional relationships with patients is essential for ensuring a safe and supportive environment for both staff and providers.

Martha Porado
9/18/2024
WATCH: Canada’s physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities
The CMA said it underwent a multi-year review of its archives and other documented interactions with Indigenous communities, finding a long history of harm caused by the Canadian doctors.

Martha Porado
9/15/2024
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists’ scope to include more minor ailments
Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association said the way some doctors have been reacting to expanded scope is ‘almost like hysteria.’

Martha Porado
9/12/2024
Ontario docs to see 9.95% total compensation increase for first year of physician agreement
The Board of Arbitration will continue to negotiate regarding the next three years of the 2024-28 agreement.

Martha Porado
9/11/2024
New payment model coming for N.B. docs including billing codes for work done by nurses
While not yet revealing all the details, New Brunswick’s government says it’s creating a patient and provider registry, which doctors will be paid to help maintain.

Martha Porado
9/10/2024
Certain Sask. pharmacies to be selected for strep throat, ear infection pilot project
Saskatchewan's government is setting up new training for pharmacists, which will allow a handful (for now) to take some new tasks.

Martha Porado