Steer clear of the Big Money Club when crafting national pharmacare
Prescription drug policy in Canada ought to be decided in the interest of Canadians, not based on the power of industry sector lobbies (FREE)
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Tag: Health care reform
New breast screening guidelines fail Canadian women
Outdated material used by the task force could result in the deaths of far too many women. A new set of guidelines must be drawn up (FREE)
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National pharmacare can hurt patients more than it helps
Will likely result in reduced access to new drugs, and delay research and development (FREE)
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Address your fear of dying, express end-of-life care wishes
As physicians, we see death made worse and more painful every day by poor advance care planning (FREE)
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Indigenous communities should tap into the medical tourism market
The James Smith Cree Nation could create what would be Saskatchewan’s first private-pay MRI facility (FREE)
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Let’s make Canadian hospitals more senior-friendly
Hospitals need to identify vulnerable patients with complex needs so they can quickly address and minimize complications (FREE)
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Common surgical knee procedure doesn’t provide much benefit
A growing body of research shows that most older adults will get the same long-term outcomes from less invasive treatment (FREE)
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Health-care reform in Canada is coming one way or another
The system’s weak performance, rising costs, shifting demographics and a court challenge will all drive change (FREE)
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Why is health care the last service industry to go virtual?
The health and cost benefits of delivering smarter care while the patient stays at home could be enormous (FREE)
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Nurse practitioners the solution to Canada’s health care woes
So why aren’t we making use of this important human resource?
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Before implementing pharmacare, look at what provinces already offer
Instead of using scarce health-care dollars broadly, we should identify and support those Canadians falling through the cracks (FREE)
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Big health-care change takes big courage
The status quo is no longer good enough to deliver equitable access to high quality care in a cost-efficient manner (FREE)
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