ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
03/25/2024
Physician compensation: are OHIP payment increases the only solution?
Ontario should consider doing like Doctors of BC which provides physicians over $6,900 annually if they save with RRSP or pension plan.
04/09/2024
Social prescribing: giving a name to whole-person care
Dr. Dominik Nowak outlines how the Centre for Effective Practice and other resources can help clinicians connect patients to non-clinical services and programs.
11/29/2023
Controversial proposal seeks to shift medical training focus from expertise to values
Dr. Noah Ivers argues that a panel proposing CanMEDS be centred on social justice rather than medical expertise is poor policy.
10/25/2023
Sustainability in pharmacy: A priority in Canada, but not one you have to tackle alone
Over 6,000 community pharmacies, acting as collection locations and working alongside HPSA, have collected 4,677,811 kg of unwanted medications since the program's inception.
10/23/2023
Now, and future, family medicine is worth it
Solutions to a crisis of this magnitude are necessarily complex—but there is hope.
10/19/2023
The doctor’s lawyer: The cost of your defence
Even an ultimate victory at the discipline tribunal does not undo the financial and reputational harm to the physician.
09/29/2023
Let’s not get complacent about reconciliation
As I prepared my children’s orange shirts earlier this week, I couldn’t help but reflect on what a different world this conversation now lives in.
09/11/2023
U.S. approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination.
09/18/2023
Aging with a healthy brain: How lifestyle changes could help prevent up to 40% of dementia cases
A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.”
09/08/2023
Is sparkling water good or bad for your health? Here's what the science says
People are chugging bubble water like never before—but are their potential health concerns?