8/3/2022 Dr. Steve Shore, a British Columbian family doctor, wrote about being fed up and not wanting to take it anymore. I think I know why docs in Ontario are so much happier.
7/27/2022 I recently spoke with a doctor who after 47 years of a very comprehensive general practice, is still working at the age of 89 as a surgical assistant in the OR 15 days per month.
7/12/2022 A young female Canadian general internist wrote this for me. As an emergency physician for 20 years, I get to see many specialties and one of the toughest was internal medicine.
6/29/2022 If you are thinking of taking on super-seniors as patients, I highly recommend it. They don’t Google, they respect doctors, they are not trying to bag work and they are living history, unfiltered by writers, historians or politicians.
6/22/2022 The fresh MD is never off the clock. This is a quick route to burnout. How do we fix it?
6/3/2022 In a new video, Dr. John Crosby gives his preventative prescription for patient complaints.
5/12/2022 Dr. John Crosby argues that fee-for-service is broken and that family doctors with well-run clinics in Canada wouldn't be so few and far between if capitation were the norm.
5/9/2022 A cardiologist wonders whether he's made the right preventative moves to avoid a 'financial stroke' down the line.
4/11/2022 I have a list of patients in the notes section of my iPhone who I’ve fired or have fired me over the last 50 years. When I get depressed, I read it and it cheers me up. They are happy without me and I without them. It is like a good divorce.
4/5/2022 There are lots of things in our healthcare non system that annoy me but I don’t dwell on them and I try to fix them.
3/24/2022 Here's what I do to make sure the process is as painless as a possible should a patient even become a plaintiff.
3/17/2022 Sleep is a habit just like putting on a seatbelt when you get in the car or brushing your teeth in the morning. Here are the top 10 things I tell patients struggling with it.