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Ontario Hospitals Need to Adopt a Just Culture

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

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Ontario doctors’ association wants to open doors to US trained physicians

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There are various reasons why physicians who are trained and licensed in the United States would want to practice in Canada.

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Provincial cuts to virtual care: The wrong move

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At least one media outlet has reported that, at the end of March, the Ontario government will cut funding that allows ER doctors to provide virtual care.

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

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

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

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This sidestepping of the usual rules regarding nurse certification is welcome news.

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

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Efforts being made by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to encourage foreign-trained specialists to come to Canada.

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Canadians should be allowed to fund their medical residency

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

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Nurse practitioners can relieve Canada’s doctor shortage

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

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It’s time for Canada to go ‘Dutch’ on health care

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Canada’s current model for providing health care is unsustainable. Despite having one of the highest per-capita spending levels of developed countries.

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Reigns of Unreasonableness in Public Hospitals

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The administrative structure of Ontario hospitals centralizes power into the hands of a few key players.

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William Osler discipline of doctor an egregious abuse of power

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The decision by the William Osler Health System to strip a physician of a medical director role after he criticized the province’s handling of COVID-19 is an egregious abuse.

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