Rural Healthcare

NOSM student, Claire Poulin, takes a deep dive into the lack of care available to pregnant patients in rural Northern Ontario.

In Lloydminster, a city on the Saskatchewan-Alberta boundary, Mayor Gerald Aalbers says doctors who want to work in his community are facing roadblocks.

Many of the province’s more isolated hospitals that rely on locums have been benefiting from the Temporary Locum Program, which pays them a premium.

The max amount is rising by 50%.

The agreement introduced a new payment model and creates permanent virtual care codes, among many other updates.

Applying the health services coordination model created by the Rural Coordination Centre of British Columbia could be a game changer for Northern Ontario, according to a new paper by an independent think tank.

A 12-bed hospital in a small N.L. town found itself at the centre of a heated debate about staff shortages in rural healthcare when the province signed a contract to staff its emergency department virtually.

A recent survey of more than 750 members indicated two in five workers had contemplated leaving their jobs and a similar amount dread going to work, said CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.