Tom Yun

Author Profile

Tom Yun is Toronto-based journalist for the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business. He has covered a wide range of topics in healthcare, including expanding scope of practice, disciplinary cases and the controversy over PrescribeIT.

Prior to joining the Canadian Healthcare Network, Tom was a digital writer/producer at CTV News and a breaking news reporter at the Toronto Star. His bylines can also be found at the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Canadaland and U of T News. As a student journalist for the Varsity, Tom was the first to break the news on the Jordan Peterson controversy in 2016, which subsequently became international news.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys road-tripping across North America, exploring new restaurants around the city and hanging out with his cat Wisteria.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

2/11/2025
What these provinces are getting right on healthcare interoperability
During one of the panel discussions at IHE North America Connectation in Toronto last week, policy leaders from B.C., Alberta and N.B. came together to share success stories and challenges when it came to digital health interoperability.

Tom Yun
2/6/2025
Federal health data interoperability legislation in limbo, but Canada Health Infoway remains optimistic
Bill C-72, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, would have provided a regulatory framework for data exchange and prohibit health information technology vendors from data blocking.

Tom Yun
2/3/2025
Provinces worry over healthcare recruitment as federal government slashes skilled immigration numbers
The federal government is cutting spaces for the provincial nominee program in half for all provinces and territories that offer the program.

Tom Yun
1/19/2025
‘Real struggle’: Pharmacists in Alberta facing double-whammy in 2025 with provincial cuts and PrescribeIT fees
With the Alberta government cuting billable services and PrescribeIT now charging a 20 cents per prescription, here’s how pharmacists in the province are managing.

Tom Yun
1/16/2025
‘No brainer’: Alberta doctors react to the new physician compensation model
It’s been a month since Alberta announced a new compensation model for family doctors, and physicians say they’re optimistic about the program, with a few caveats.

Tom Yun
1/8/2025
Stuck in limbo: What doctors need to know about the proposed capital gains tax changes
Since the higher capital gains inclusion rate has yet to pass into actual law, doctors can choose to file their taxes with the old rules—but there’s a catch.

Tom Yun
1/5/2025
Trudeau prorogues parliament, putting proposed capital gains changes in limbo
Now that prorogation has killed the tax measures that were stalled in Parliament, there is a possibility that these proposals could be dead for good if the government falls before reintroducing them.

Tom Yun
12/19/2024
‘The system is still in crisis’: CMA president looks back on 2024 and opportunities for the new year
From tackling the physician shortage to balancing public and private healthcare, Dr. Joss Reimer sits down with the Medical Post for a year-end interview.

Tom Yun
12/15/2024
POLL: Pharmacists, are you seeing physicians in your community refuse faxed requests for prescriptions?
Some pharmacists have already been notified by physicians in their communities that they will not accept prescription-related communications by fax.

Tom Yun
12/12/2024
POLL: Should physicians be refusing faxed requests for prescriptions in favour of PrescribeIT?
See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.

Tom Yun