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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 for the...
Losing Patients with the Canadian Health Care System Perhaps you are a relatively healthy person and therefore feel little need to concern yourself with the...
Excellent Care For All is Just an Act A new piece of legislation aimed at improving the quality of patient care in Ontario received Royal Assent...
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 throughout his...
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 that?” asked...
Private Matters Concerning Public Health Care The government of Alberta is feeling the heat after halting bankruptcy proceedings against a private...
Pilot Project Aims to Reduce Medicare Losses The world famous Mayo Clinic, a non-profit organization that owns medical facilities in Minnesota, Arizona...
MS Patients Unite at Rallies Held Across Canada Patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disease affecting the central nervous...
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 members of...
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 80 from...
Are we missing the mark on patient safety? Stories highlighting patient safety problems in the Canadian health care system appear in daily news reports...
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 Canadian...
What Are Your Health Care Dollars Buying? Asking Canadians if they are getting value for their money when it comes to spending on health care is like...
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 impact of...
