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Ontario Hospitals Need to Adopt a Just Culture

Hospital administrators wield great power over physicians to whom they grant hospital privileges to practice in their public institutions. It thus ...

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Bill 60, the Your Health Act, 2023, Requires a Complaint Process for Patients, But Provides No Safeguards for Physician’s Privileges.

The Your Health Act, SO 2023, c 4, Bill 60 (“Your Health Act”) received Royal Assent on May 18. The new legislation intends to expand t...

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Cutting funding for virtual care – The wrong move

As reported in the Toronto Star, provincial funding for virtual care provided by emergency room physicians will stop at the end of March. This move...

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The doors are opening for U.S. - trained physicians

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has suggested changes to registration policies intended to encourage more U.S. physic...

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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario was wrong not to listen to complaints from physicians

The Divisional Court has decided that the failure of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (College) to interview witnesses about ...

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Ontario puts the welcome mat out for out-of-province healthcare workers

Recently announced plans by Ontario to welcome more healthcare professionals from other provinces is overdue and great news for Ontario patien...

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Collaboration between Ontario Health and College of Nurses of Ontario addressing critical staffing challenges in healthcare settings

Foreign Nursing Fast-Track Initiative This sidestepping of the usual rules regarding nurse certification is welcome news and comes after collaborat...

Foreign physician accreditation project: Looking overseas to alleviate the Canadian medical staffing shortage

What is the foreign physician accreditation project? Efforts being made by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to encourage...

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Canadians should be allowed to fund their medical residency

Most Canadians are aware Canada needs more medical doctors. What they might not realize is that residency issues are creating a real bottlenec...

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Nurse practitioners can relieve Canada’s doctor shortage

If Canada is serious about addressing the shortage of primary health-care providers, the federal and provincial governments must commit to a new fu...

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