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The End of the Path to Socialized Medicine The Canadian Medical Association and Maclean’s magazine held a town hall in Toronto on March... More Information is Needed to Help Canadians Transform Health Care Did you watch the live broadcast of the Canadian Medical Association’s town hall held on... Are You Waiting to Join the Discussion on Canadian Health Care Reform? The Canadian Medical Association in partnership with Maclean’s magazine is holding a number... When Three’s a Crowd in Canadian Health Care Three’s a crowd when government prohibits you from spending your own money on health care.... Year End Site Review 2010 Many Canadians have shared their health care stories with us this year. Each of these stories... Survey: Long Wait Times in Canadian Health Care Canadian patients wait on lists for appointments with specialists, diagnostic tests, treatments,... If All You Want for Christmas Is an Endoscopy The Canadian government talks a good talk when it comes to preventative health care but... One Expensive Cookie: CEO of Alberta Health Services Loses Job The contract between Dr. Stephen Duckett and Alberta Health Services is now terminated. Dr.... Reality Check on Canadian Health Care The Globe and Mail newspaper is featuring a series of articles on Canadian health care. I find the... The Road to Patient Safety: Halfway Between Nowhere and Somewhere Canada wasn’t the first country to examine the rate of adverse events in its hospitals, but... What Concerns You Most About Canadian Health Care? Results of the latest Nanos Poll show that health care is once again the top national issue for... News Program Features Story About Transparency and Accountability in Canadian Health Care The CTV news program W5 recently aired “Silent Treatment” a story about the struggles... 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Your Health Care Options Is your health and quality of life important to you? Are you tired of waiting on lists for medical...
The Elephant in the Canadian Health Care System Last week the Canadian Medical Association released its Voices into Action report summarizing the...
A Little Health Care Advice for Today’s Patients Alice Little retired from teaching more than twenty years ago. Since that time she has learned...
The Fifth Town Hall on Canadian Medicare: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others The Canadian Medical Association partnered with L’actualité magazine to host a town hall...
Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark: Speaking Up at the Vancouver Town Hall Last week I attended the Vancouver town hall on rebuilding Medicare. It’s one of five public...
Organized Medicine and Labour Well Represented at Alberta Town Hall on Medicare The heads of the Canadian Medical Association, the Alberta Medical Association, the Canadian...
The End of the Path to Socialized Medicine The Canadian Medical Association and Maclean’s magazine held a town hall in Toronto on March...
More Information is Needed to Help Canadians Transform Health Care Did you watch the live broadcast of the Canadian Medical Association’s town hall held on...
Are You Waiting to Join the Discussion on Canadian Health Care Reform? The Canadian Medical Association in partnership with Maclean’s magazine is holding a number...
When Three’s a Crowd in Canadian Health Care Three’s a crowd when government prohibits you from spending your own money on health care....
Year End Site Review 2010 Many Canadians have shared their health care stories with us this year. Each of these stories...
Survey: Long Wait Times in Canadian Health Care Canadian patients wait on lists for appointments with specialists, diagnostic tests, treatments,...
If All You Want for Christmas Is an Endoscopy The Canadian government talks a good talk when it comes to preventative health care but...
One Expensive Cookie: CEO of Alberta Health Services Loses Job The contract between Dr. Stephen Duckett and Alberta Health Services is now terminated. Dr....
Reality Check on Canadian Health Care The Globe and Mail newspaper is featuring a series of articles on Canadian health care. I find the...
The Road to Patient Safety: Halfway Between Nowhere and Somewhere Canada wasn’t the first country to examine the rate of adverse events in its hospitals, but...
What Concerns You Most About Canadian Health Care? Results of the latest Nanos Poll show that health care is once again the top national issue for...
News Program Features Story About Transparency and Accountability in Canadian Health Care The CTV news program W5 recently aired “Silent Treatment” a story about the struggles...
Privacy Legislation and the Right to Know: A Manitoba Couple Helps the Province Clean Up its Act, Part II A year after the death of her mother Frances, Mimi and Blake found that many of their questions...
Privacy Legislation and the Right to Know: A Manitoba Couple Helps the Province Clean Up its Act, Part I People from countries around the world gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2002 to advocate for the...
Canadian Health Care System Needs a Dash of Consumer Incentive Earlier this week the federal, provincial and territorial health ministers met in Newfoundland to...
Putting Patients First in Saskatchewan: A Small Step Forward The Saskatchewan government recently entered into a contract with the Omni Surgery Centre in...
Quebec Government Now Funds IVF Treatments: Can Patients Afford to Wait? The province of Quebec is now funding in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Proponents of...
Doctors Adverse to Mixed Martial Arts Fights in Canada Doctors in British Columbia recently passed a resolution at a meeting of their provincial medical...
Transforming Canadian Health Care Takes More Than Words The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), representing the interests of more than 72,000 members...
How to Be a Queue-jumper in Canada’s Public Health Care System Last year, media reports kept us abreast of the people jumping Canada’s health care queues...
Losing Patients with the Canadian Health Care System Perhaps you are a relatively healthy person and therefore feel little need to concern yourself...
Excellent Care For All is Just an Act A new piece of legislation aimed at improving the quality of patient care in Ontario received...
The Untimely Death of Madeleine Mendoza: A Husband’s Journey from Medical Tragedy to Patient Safety, Part II A retired business systems analyst, Ed Mendoza recalls tackling his share of complex problems...
The Untimely Death of Madeleine Mendoza: A Husband’s Journey from Medical Tragedy to Patient Safety, Part I “I’d like to tell you about Madeleine and who she was as a person. Can I do...
Private Matters Concerning Public Health Care The government of Alberta is feeling the heat after halting bankruptcy proceedings against a...
Pilot Project Aims to Reduce Medicare Losses The world famous Mayo Clinic, a non-profit organization that owns medical facilities in Minnesota,...
MS Patients Unite at Rallies Held Across Canada Patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disease affecting the central...
Hand Hygiene in Health Care: Don’t Stop Using Common Sense There is good news for patients around the world scheduled to have surgery on May 5, 2010. You may...
Patient Safety Advocate Leslie Worthington: Her Father’s Voice, Part II Leslie Worthington continues the search for accountability in Canadian health care. The family...
Patient Safety Advocate Leslie Worthington: Her Father’s Voice, Part I John Klassen died at Concordia Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 26, 2004, at the age of...
Are we missing the mark on patient safety? Stories highlighting patient safety problems in the Canadian health care system appear in daily...
Top Ten Countdown: Reasons for Leaving the Canadian Health Care Queues 10) You want to outshine the North Koreans and Cubans. 9) You really won’t lose your...
What Are Your Health Care Dollars Buying? Asking Canadians if they are getting value for their money when it comes to spending on health...
Why it’s Time to Pull the Plug on Single-Payer Health Care Two patient cases receiving media attention in recent months serve to illustrate the true...
Danny Williams’ Life Saving Leap Raises Questions About the Politics of Canadian Health Care Many questions are being raised about Danny Williams’ choice to have heart surgery performed...
Blowing the Whistle on Patient Safety: Why Patients Need to Speak Out Patient safety is a hot topic in Canada and one that often leaves our politicians scrambling to...
An Empowered Patient Are you curious about what happens to survivors of adverse events in the Canadian health care...
The True Meaning of Private Health Care Once upon a time the term private health care had a different meaning. It meant a patient was free...
Do You Hear What I Hear? It’s the voice of patients everywhere. Each day there are stories in the news about the...
Canadian Politicians Without a Queue When you think about our universal health care system do you ever wonder about the fairness of...
Life on the List for Lyall, The Finale In the eleventh hour on Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Lyall’s waiting comes to an end. Less...
Life on the List for Lyall, Part III Lyall’s condition continues to deteriorate and he remains in hospital. He wants to see his...
Life on the List for Lyall, Part II Lyall is not eating or drinking very much. My husband expresses concerns about his father, who is...
Life on the List for Lyall, Part I In June 2009, we visit my in-laws on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They are avid golfers...
