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.
3/8/2022 Choosing to retire from a career in medicine is one thing, but figuring out how to age in place is quite another. As the medical director of two nursing homes, we provide excellent care, but there is no place like home.
3/3/2022 Nova Scotia has recently started a small program to test having clinics where a nurse practitioner and pharmacist team up to offer primary care. I like the idea. What do you think?
2/16/2022 I’ve been sued just once in 49 years, during which time I’ve been involved in over 700,000 patient interactions. Am I smart? Not particularly. Am I lucky? Yes. Am I well organized? Yes.
2/7/2022 I was recently talking to a young family doctor in Toronto who told me he was finishing his charting at midnight. I couldn’t believe it because I am home every day at 5:00 p.m. with no homework.
2/7/2022 When you're in charge, administrative tasks can loom large, but it's important that they don't get in the way of big-picture planning and leading. Here are some tips.
