Discussions

Your patients need to know that taking advantage of tax credits can go a long way to making things easier for low-income Canadians, both in health and finances

Will the crowdsource model of bringing minds and pocketbooks together online actually accelerate research?

A former advisor to Stephen Harper explains how to talk to politicians about science and research

After getting elected, the Alberta Progressive Conservative government has reneged on an agreement signed with the province’s doctors to continue negotiations regarding physician remuneration and the role of doctors in optimizing the healthcare system in Alberta. In December 2012, provincial health minister Fred Horne announced the cessation of all negotiations with doctors. He has since refused to enter binding arbitration at the recommendation of facilitators whose services he, himself, had agreed to.

Patients are ready for personal health records, but the wider electronic records system is not

We are so accustomed to hearing the healthcare system described as some kind of fiscal sinkhole, a drain on the economy caused by ever-growing, virtually uncontrollable costs, that a new “briefing” from The Conference Board of Canada is a refreshing read. The report considers the role of healthcare delivery as “an economic growth engine."