Practice Tips

Party leaders answer Doctors of BC questionnaire on healthcare

British Columbians are set to head to the polls on Oct. 19.
Alberta Health Services’ snag leads to potential delay of patient referrals

The health authority’s CEO, Athana Mentzelopoulos, says it does an average 100,000 referrals per year, but in some cases it can’t confirm if patients received referral services.
Quebec GP org wants to correct the ‘negative and devaluing’ portrait of family medicine

The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens has unveiled new data on family medicine in Quebec and calls on the government to use them to “stop devaluing” the practice.
Why is uptake low on AI tools to help docs with paperwork still so low?

A 2023 report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimated that Canadian doctors cumulatively spend 48.8 million hours per year on administrative tasks.
Ontario government to family doctors: The beatings will continue until morale improves

That we have a family medicine crisis in Ontario is indisputable, but somehow not evident to those in government.
Treating Time Deficiency Syndrome

Who better to provide wisdom on managing multiple demands than fellow physicians?
On-Demand Webinar: Managing Targeted and Immunotherapy-Related Skin Toxicities
Resources to share with parents: Breastfeeding as a tool to soothe during immunization, painful procedures

Evidence shows the pain-reducing strategy works for immunizations and brief procedures.

Advocacy Leader in Pharmacy Gonzalo Miguel Adsuar Meseguer: ‘…the future belongs to people who dare to think big.'