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Was my wife’s hospital care an anomaly or the new normal in Ontario?
Over the past few years, I’ve written several articles praising the Canadian healthcare system based on my own experiences or the experiences of those close to me. But my family’s recent experience has me wondering if the system is collapsing into third-world status or if this incident was simply an outlier.
Saskatchewan nurses union hits back at province on overcrowding in hospital hallways
The head of Saskatchewan's nurses union fired back at the provincial health authority Monday, saying there's nothing seasonal about patient overcrowding in a hallway inside the province's largest hospital.

De-bunking the motivation myth

Alignment—the connection between our strengths, passions, values, and work—is the secret sauce for lasting job satisfaction and redefining our professional spark. Here's a tool that helps align people and the work they do.
Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should reopen 24-7 as town has ‘lots of physicians’

Dr. Alex Nataros of the North Island Community Health Centre said he cannot understand why the ER at Port Hardy Hospital is still closed at night when the town has ‘lots of physicians for a town of 4,000 people.’
Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

A tax judge has ruled that a fee-sharing arrangement between a medical clinic and its physicians should not be considered a taxable service, overruling the CRA’s attempts to collect sales tax on the fees.
MSPEI heads to mediation with Health PEI and province over minimum panel sizes and KPIs

The MSPEI, Health PEI and the province’s Department of Health and Wellness put out a joint statement on Tuesday, stating that mediation will ‘lead to clarity around the development and implementation of KPI’s and their associated benchmarks.’
Canadian hospitals switching out anesthetic gas for cleaner alternative

At Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, the decision to stop using the common anesthetic gas desflurane during surgeries made a big difference.
How one hospital in northern Ontario slashed its average violent incidents per month

Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, violent incidents at hospitals across Canada have risen to shocking levels. But one northern Ontario hospital has managed to bring the incidents down to less than half of its monthly target.
Study of family doctors choosing ‘other’ work leaves me with mixed feelings

More and more, physicians who are trained in comprehensive family medicine are choosing to do other things. But Dr. Sohail Gandhi argues this is a problem that can't be fixed under the current bureaucracy at Ontario Health.
Rapid access to psychiatry program wins praise from doctors, patients in Halifax

A pioneering Nova Scotia program that provides patients with basic psychiatric diagnoses is winning praise for slashing wait times for some people struggling to get help.

Was my wife’s hospital care an anomaly or the new normal in Ontario?

Saskatchewan nurses union hits back at province on overcrowding in hospital hallways

De-bunking the motivation myth

Doctor says Port Hardy, B.C., ER should reopen 24-7 as town has ‘lots of physicians’

Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

MSPEI heads to mediation with Health PEI and province over minimum panel sizes and KPIs

Canadian hospitals switching out anesthetic gas for cleaner alternative

How one hospital in northern Ontario slashed its average violent incidents per month

Study of family doctors choosing ‘other’ work leaves me with mixed feelings

Rapid access to psychiatry program wins praise from doctors, patients in Halifax