In releasing its report last week, the Hoskins council took steps to ensure that adoption of pharmacare will be inevitable under a future Liberal majority or minority government.
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Health TAPESTRY: Strengthening the Fabric of Care
Ontario needs innovation in cost-effective care that improves patient outcomes and experience. Health TAPESTRY meets all of these requirements. If its evaluation remains positive, expect the program to scale across the province…
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Vaccination: A shared Responsibility
Our laws require adults to wear helmets while riding a motorcycle. How on earth is it that we do not protect our most vulnerable from completely preventable infectious diseases? Mandatory vaccination must…
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Male FPs out-earn women FPs annually by over 30%: Ontario data
As the proportion of women in medicine continues to rise, the pressure to examine, understand and potentially address the pay gap will also rise rapidly, writes Dr. Boris Kralj.
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Making sense of Canadian health agencies
The next two or three years will determine whether CEOs of super agencies can lead provincial health systems better than ministers and ministries. Progress in Ontario will be watched carefully.
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Canadians Do Not Need Private Pay for Medically Necessary Services
Canadians who are committed to publicly funded healthcare need to know that they have opponents that will use consumer dissatisfaction to suggest that private payment is required in our health systems.
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Busting the myth of bloated health care bureaucracy
Eighteen years ago, six Ontarians died from the contaminated water tragedy in Walkerton. This sad episode in our public health history was caused by improper chlorination practices undertaken by employees of the…