Tag Archives: health care

For colon cancer, the best screening test is likely the one you’re willing to do For colon cancer, the best screening test is likely the one you’re willing to do
By Tara Kiran

Managing Healthcare: Why Brains and Money Aren’t Enough

June 27, 2017

How a National Drug Plan Can Save Canada

June 27, 2017

How improving healthcare for the frail elderly can also cut costs

June 6, 2017

From prescriptions to prevention: Managing Canada’s opioid addiction

June 2, 2017

How can we overcome an ageist healthcare system?

April 19, 2017

Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, a geriatrician in Halifax and Researcher with the Canadian FRAILTY NETWORK says that an ageist attitude is an underlying cause of unsuitable healthcare for older patients.

Frailty-and-the-new-Ageism Frailty and the new ageism
By Kenneth Rockwood

Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Healthcare is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t do everything for everyone, so why spend money on old people, who have little chance of benefit?”

One in six Ontarians left behind in healthcare reforms
By Tara Kiran

Primary care is considered the front door to our health care system. Whether you’re going for a general check-up or have just been diagnosed with cancer, your family doctor makes sure you get the tests, treatment and care you need.

British Columbia’s failed healthcare experiment British Columbia’s failed healthcare experiment
By Kimberly McGrail

Even patients with a family doctor often resort to emergency departments and walk-in clinics because less than a third of BC doctors report having any other arrangements for after-hours care.

British Columbia’s failed healthcare experiment British Columbia’s failed healthcare experiment
By Kimberly McGrail

Before spending billions more, we need to agree on what success in health care looks like, and monitor progress from the start.


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