Medical Practice News

Black women, ‘biological weathering’ and persistent gaps in maternal care
At the Federation of Medical Women of Canada conference in Toronto, obstetrics and gynecology specialist Dr. Marjorie Dixon outlined how physicians and help close the gap in maternal care outcomes for Black patients.
Mediation with doctors: Quebec puts study of Bill 106 on ice
The government is engaged in a major standoff with physicians. Bill 106 aims, among other things, to link part of their compensation to performance indicators.

Nova Scotia’s common EHR revolutionizes access to patient information

Province-wide One Person One Record clinical information system to be deployed in all 46 hospitals and community health centres by the end of 2026.
Legault accuses doctors of ‘taking students and the population hostage’

The Federation of General Practitioners called for an arbitration process, but the Legault government cut short this request on Wednesday. Health Minister Christian Dubé has argued that this could cost up to $1.8 billion in additional compensation.
Leaving family med: Filling a community need in diabetic wound care

‘The gratification that one gets when you are able to save a person's limb, that's pretty big . . .. That kind of a win doesn't occur too often in family medicine.’
Alberta justice minister told to legislate new safeguards, oversight of MAID

A new mandate letter to Mickey Amery from Premier Danielle Smith says the legislation should introduce ‘appropriate safeguards’ and prohibit mental illness from being a sole eligibility factor.
Ontario doctor suspended for one year after billing provincial health insurer for services not rendered

The college’s investigation found that Dr. Janet Ann D’souza inappropriately billed for more than 18 hours of time-based services to OHIP for 23 service dates between 2014 and 2016, with three of those service dates being over 24 hours.
Ontario seeking proposals for second batch of primary care teams

The province says this funding cycle will create 75 primary care teams to serve 500,000 Ontarians.
Alberta premier defends possible use of notwithstanding clause on transgender issues

The notwithstanding clause allows governments to override certain sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years.
Never ending arbitration seems to be our fate

Never forget that this protracted process is also because the current government doesn’t really have the capacity to understand the complexity of the healthcare system (and the complexity of how physicians get paid).