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Canada will have to wait in line for coronavirus vaccine while other countries receive it first. What policies were in place that allowed them to have the manufacturing infrastructure to supply their citizens with earlier access?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 25, 2020 Source:Trudeau warns COVID-19 vaccine will come later to Canada than other countries
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Pandemic contributing to Toronto’s SickKids’ inability to provide timely health services including surgeries and MRIs. However, this has been a “longstanding problem” prior to the outbreak.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 18, 2020 Source:Two-thirds of patients at Toronto’s SickKids have missed target window for surgeries
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The unintended health consequences of shutting down/delaying health services during the pandemic are starting to bubble to the top. The slow boil may become a roiling one.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 29, 2020 Source:At least 35 Ontarians died waiting for treatment after hospitals were cleared for COVID-19
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Just let us use the fee codes that work! Bureaucratic Catch-22 reasons should not be in play during these extraordinary times. #DoTheRightThing
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 20, 2020 Source:Ontario government makes changes to pay doctors, keep clinics operating Blog: “We are paying our physicians. But there’s a catch” The Government of Ontario has expressed gratitude for the services of all health care professionals. It is indeed disheartening and discouraging that the words do not match its…
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Wednesday House Call, October 9, 2019: It’s election time and no one is seriously talking about health care
Wednesday House Call, October 9, 2019: It’s election time and no one is seriously talking about health care Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. We talk about the dire outlook for our health care system. Politicians keep kicking the ball down the road because of their…
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How the same old solutions and approaches will not repair the problems with hallway medicine and our health care system in general
Health Headlines Commentary for September 12, 2019 Source:$4.25M new funding aims to reduce hallway medicine in Ottawa
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OMA and MOHLTC presents first 11 recommended updates to OHIP-covered tests and procedures to be replaced with more modern and effective approaches.
Health Headlines Commentary for August 23, 2019 Source:Ontario to scrap certain infertility tests, pre-op assessments to cut costs Reference:Appropriateness Working Group Submits First 11 Recommendations
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With Ontario’s misguided rush to centralize health care management, smaller and effective health agencies will disappear and their roles will be usurped.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 5, 2019 Source: Experts criticize Ontario proposal to overhaul health-care system, centralize patient care
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Creating a “super-ministry” to oversee our health care system will not produce the desired outcome. It has not in the past and it sure won’t in the future.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 1, 2019 Source: About 1,000 patients in hospital hallways on any given day: report