Interprofessional

A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today

Many American physicians, myself included, support single-payer national health insurance, with global budgets for hospital care. A single, publicly accountable payer, coupled with global hospital budgets, are tools needed to assure cost control in healthcare systems. But I was recently reminded by one of my Canadian colleagues that some American “reforms” are getting a hearing north of the border. One of these is that hospitals should be paid by case-based activity fees rather than global budgets.

TORONTO | A new study shows that anesthesiologists have a lower rate of discipline compared to other specialists.

The Upper Canada Family Health Team is comprised of 16 family physicians, four Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Registered Nurses, a Registered Dietitian and allied staff.

Dr. Mike Evans offers another video in his health series. This time looks at a patient's on a journey to quit smoking: sometimes a short one of reslience, but more often a long journey of quitting and relapse.

Last week marked an inauspicious anniversary for me. Seven years ago I was on an extended canoe trip along the Kootenay River with my then-boyfriend (now husband). We were on the riverbank eating lunch in a grove of trees when a windstorm blew up and felled a massive cedar on top of me. My most serious injury was an L1 burst fracture, though later, when I noticed a chunk of hair missing out of the back of my scalp, I realized I was centimeters from a different story entirely.

A recent study led by Dr. David Reuben, director of geriatrics at UCLA, and published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society shows that patients co-managed by a nurse practioner and a primary care physician together were more likely to receive the recommended care than those seen by a doctor working independently.