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Manitoba is the first province to collect data on patients' race—so what has it learned?
Dr. Marcia Anderson spearheaded the project to begin voluntary collection of this data across the province.
Physicians and NPs can’t issue broad authorizations to let RNs inject Botox, Sask. doctors’, nurses’ colleges warn
The two colleges say they’ve been contacted by Health Canada over reports that some physicians and NPs are issuing broad directives to authorize RNs to administer injections of bioactive agents, in contravention of the Food and Drugs Act.

OMA introduces new vetting process for board elections to avoid excessively high number of candidates

These measures come after last year's elections, which saw 39 candidates vying for four vacant director positions.
Canada is creating a new ‘Express Entry’ category for certain international doctors

The federal government will reserve 5,000 federal admission spaces so that provinces and territories can nominate doctors, who are already licensed and who have job offers.
Medical licence renewed for Labrador doctor under investigation following complaints from at least 20 patients

The province’s new health minister is vowing to address what she calls a ‘crisis of trust’ among reproductive health patients in Labrador amid an ongoing investigation.
‘Of course I don’t regret it’: Dr. Amir Khadir speaks to the media after six-month suspension handed down

Former Québec Solidaire MNA Dr. Amir Khadir does not regret treating his Lyme disease patients with antibiotics over an extended period and is considering legal action to try to reduce the length of his suspension.
This COVID-era innovation ‘becoming a standard option’ for Manitoba

The Virtual Medicine Ward allows certain patients who would otherwise need to be in hospital to be monitored remotely.
Appeals board overturns college’s decision to caution ob-gyn after finding investigation ‘unfair and inadequate’

Dr. Katherine Chu, an obstetrician and gynecologist, had been the subject of a complaint alleging that she failed to properly provide follow-up advice after a patient was diagnosed with Stage 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma in March 2019.
Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings

Shelley Spence says in a series of health-related audits released Dec. 2 as part of her annual report that the Ministry of Health’s system that doctors use to bill OHIP for services provided to patients has limited ability to flag high-risk billings.
N.B. government announces St. Stephen collaborative care clinic

Dr. Wael Saber will tell you that patients visiting the access clinic at the Charlotte County Wellness Centre—a clinic specifically designed to divert patients from the emergency room—have pleaded with him to become their full-time doctor.

Manitoba is the first province to collect data on patients' race—so what has it learned?

Physicians and NPs can’t issue broad authorizations to let RNs inject Botox, Sask. doctors’, nurses’ colleges warn

OMA introduces new vetting process for board elections to avoid excessively high number of candidates

Canada is creating a new ‘Express Entry’ category for certain international doctors

Medical licence renewed for Labrador doctor under investigation following complaints from at least 20 patients

‘Of course I don’t regret it’: Dr. Amir Khadir speaks to the media after six-month suspension handed down

This COVID-era innovation ‘becoming a standard option’ for Manitoba

Appeals board overturns college’s decision to caution ob-gyn after finding investigation ‘unfair and inadequate’

Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings

N.B. government announces St. Stephen collaborative care clinic

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