New administrative bodies based on regional travel patterns will strengthen primary care networks, said Justin Wright, the minister of primary and preventative health services.
As Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes to eliminate internal trade barriers, incremental groundwork by medical regulators might finally make ‘multi-jurisdictional licensure’ a reality.
Despite the potential of at-home palliative care to reduce costs and relieve the pressure on emergency rooms, the provincial government is making little progress in expanding it, she says.
Alberta's plan to allow unreferred, private diagnostic testing is a costly mistake that will increase public wait times and expose patients to unnecessary harm.
This disparity in wait time has been the case for decades, experts say, and it’s only getting worse as demand outpaces funding across the spectrum of mental healthcare.
Canada Health Infoway has announced Prescription Québec, which was built off of the PrescribeIT platform, will continue thanks to a new deal with the Quebec government and Santé Québec.
Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don’t understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law, and uses the narrower version to decide who’s eligible for benefits.
