Medical Practice News

From pharmacare to physician recruitment, here’s what the major parties are proposing on healthcare.

The southwestern Ontario healthcare network started using one of the artificial intelligence-driven systems at its University Hospital site on April 15 and will install a second one at Victoria Hospital on May 6.

The government's request was made last month when it filed for an injunction in the high-profile lawsuit launched by Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former chief executive of Alberta Health Services.

The mayor said they’ve have had a lot of applications, but they’re only trying to recruit from out-of-province to avoid poaching physicians with active practices in other B.C. communities.

The new practice standard comes after a complaint from an Indigenous prisoner who languished in isolation for months at a time between 2014 and 2015 and suffered severe hallucinations.

Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski said the two doctors failed to properly contain the privacy breach or provide adequate notice to the affected patients.

For this series, we’re looking to talk to doctors from all walks of medicine—asking them how they got to where they are today and what their best advice is for those MDs just reaching the intensity of residency.

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says Saskatchewan wants to offer doctors a secure, stable and supportive environment to work, ‘acknowledging the uncertain political climate in the United States.’