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Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study
The research, published in the Canadian Family Physician journal Wednesday, says female family doctors spend 15 to 20% more time with patients than men.
Why an Ontario couple is leading a court battle to change MAID in B.C.
Gaye and Jim O’Neill are at the centre of a Charter of Rights challenge, now before the B.C. Supreme Court, that seeks to end the practice of so-called ‘forced transfers’—compelling patients to leave faith-based medical facilities before receiving MAID.

ISMP Canada to hold webinar on medication safety

The 50-minute session will focus on safety concerns with labelling of IV fluids, strategies to mitigate fluoropyrimidine toxicity and the National System for Incident Reporting transition.
CMA releases proposed update to code of ethics, focusing on Indigenous reconciliation, combatting racism

Feedback is open on these proposed changes until Feb. 27, 2026.
Are Ontario’s waitlist incentives leading some doctors to drop current patients to take new ones?

The Physician Services Agreement, which came into effect last year, increases the financial incentive for doctors accepting patients from the province’s centralized waitlist from $350 to $500.
Citizen website aims to link Regina residents with family doctors taking patients

Unlike in other provinces, there is no website in Saskatchewan that lists family care providers accepting new patients.
Photo gallery: Inside UniDoc’s H3 Health Cube: A clinic-in-a-box

Canadian health-tech company’s deployable unit links remote physicians with on-site nurses or technicians, packing more than 400 diagnostic tools into a single connected space.
When more women enter a specialty, pay growth slows

‘Pink collaring’ or occupational devaluation is a phenomenon seen across many professions.
Values-based spending

Clarifying what you value can keep you on track.
‘What used to be a mass casualty event is now the new norm’: Alberta doctors say leadership lacking amid crisis of overcrowding in hospitals

Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency room doctor in Edmonton, said he sometimes sees more than 100 people in the waiting room with 30 chairs, while others spill out into hallways or the ambulance bay.

Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study

Why an Ontario couple is leading a court battle to change MAID in B.C.

ISMP Canada to hold webinar on medication safety

CMA releases proposed update to code of ethics, focusing on Indigenous reconciliation, combatting racism

Are Ontario’s waitlist incentives leading some doctors to drop current patients to take new ones?

Citizen website aims to link Regina residents with family doctors taking patients

Photo gallery: Inside UniDoc’s H3 Health Cube: A clinic-in-a-box

When more women enter a specialty, pay growth slows

Values-based spending

‘What used to be a mass casualty event is now the new norm’: Alberta doctors say leadership lacking amid crisis of overcrowding in hospitals

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