Toronto-based MedWorks says its app connects consumers in Ont. with health service providers in their community, including paramedics, mental health practitioners, physiotherapists and medical spas. Users will have access to care coordinators to
The figures lead to believe recruiting new physicians is getting more expensive. The health network spent $8.3 million since 2019 on doctor recruitment, resulting in the hiring of 185 doctors, working out to $44,675 per hire. Since the beginning of
Ont.'s AG issued 15 value-for-money reports, including one on the province's COVID-19 vaccination program. She finds the government's rollout was uncoordinated and wasteful, pointing to a central intake system for booking appointments that took three
The Competition Bureau believes pro-competitive policies foster innovation and greater access to digital healthcare services. The federal enforcement agency finds digital health is underutilized in Canada, with only one-in-seven patients seeing their
The Children's Healthcare Canada, the Canadian Association of Pediatric Nurses and the Canadian Pediatric Society issued a call to action to the provinces to restabilize pediatric healthcare. While overcrowded children's hospitals garner headlines
By 2024, the number of seats available through Practice Ready Assessment will triple to 96. The B.C. government says the program provides a pathway for foreign-trained doctors to qualify as physicians in the province. The government also created an
The Burnaby, B.C. university would be the first institution in western Canada to open a medical school in 55 years. The funding will support curriculum, space and staff planning and the hiring of an interim dean to provide provide strategic
The Alta. government is boosting a program that helps doctors cover expenses to run their practice. The province is putting another $20 million per year into the program to raise the payment rate for doctors and on average, physicians will get
The Métis Nation of Alberta's suicide prevention strategy aims to connect youth to their identity and community. The strategy was developed in partnership with AHS. It followed a suicide prevention report which gathered Métis experiences, knowledge
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. found that millions of highly sensitive personal health records about people accessing healthcare in B.C. were left "disturbingly" vulnerable to leaks after the provincewide health