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House Calls, #939, September 1, 2024: Er, wait just a little bit longer.
Emergency room wait times and evaluation continues to increase in Canada. A major reason is that millions of Canadians do not have a family doctor. Governments of all strips continue to use the now frayed and worn Emperor-has-no-clothes playbook that contributes to the mismanagement of our health care system. Your trip to the emergency department…
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Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic? No, but in Ontario, if you are signed-up to your family doctor’s practice, your family doctor will have to foot the bill for your walk-in clinic visit.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2024 Source:Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic?
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Free prescription drugs could reduce overall health-care costs in Canada: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2023 Source:Free prescription drugs could reduce overall health-care costs in Canada: study Reference:Effect of Free Medicine Distribution on Health Care Costs in Canada Over 3 Years
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Sunday House Call, #864, February 5, 2023: Blatant Hypocrisy: Some publicly-funded family practices are more equal than others. How your tax dollars do not go towards the goal of equity in health care.
In today’s show, I explain how the bleating from those that insist that equity in health care is of utmost importance will cling to their private insurance plans that provide access to health services that are not available to those uninsured Canadians. In Ontario, there are different tiers of publicly-funded family medicine practices, some that…
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Sunday House Call, #860, November 27, 2022: We are just a bunch of slackers (yes sarcasm).
Words and actions matter. The latest spin on the edict to come down from the Ontario Ministry of Health precisely describes what they think of physicians, their disrespect for us, and complete disconnect from the reality practices face with limited resources and no reasonable solution from them forthcoming even though, at least for family practice,…
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400,000 fewer mammograms performed during pandemic: Ontario Medical Association
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 13, 2022 Source:400,000 fewer mammograms performed during pandemic: Ontario Medical Association
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Sunday House Call, #854, October 9, 2022: The Smell That Surrounds You
Sunday House Call, #854, October 9, 2022: The Smell That Surrounds You The hypocritical and pseudoempathic discourse emanating from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) expressing their heartfelt concern about the difficulties family doctors face in our present environment rings hollow. In a letter to family doctors, Dr Lawrence Loh, Executive Director and…
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Reversing the disinterest of med students choosing a career in family medicine will not be solved by politicians offering the same solutions-approach and dogma as they have for the past 30 years.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 12, 2022 Source:Fewer medical students are pursuing family practices, and these doctors are worried
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Researchers examine why Ontario ER visits spike when COVID-19 cases drop. Factors include, family doctor shortage, burnout, ER COVID infection risk perception, and treatment delays among likely many others.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 21, 2022 Source:Researchers examine why Ontario ER visits spike when COVID-19 cases drop