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February 2023
CP24:
Dr. Zacharias speaks ahead of federal health care funding announcement
Pentictonherald.ca:
Ontario signals acceptance of health deal, raises concerns about funding timelines
The Star:
Doug Ford says Trudeau must spend more on health care
CTV:
Dr. Zacharias speaks about the doctor shortage
Canhealth.com:
Ontario plans to eliminate faxes in healthcare in 5 years | Canadian Healthcare Technology
NWONewsWatch.com:
Dryden doctor prescribes potential solutions for physician shortage
The Star:
Canadian doctors spend millions of hours on unnecessary paperwork: report
Medscape.com:
Ontario Government Enlarges Role of Ambulatory Clinics
CBC News:
Doctors call for improvements to northern Ontario health system during pre-budget presentation
CBC News:
Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's being done about it
Orillia News:
Orillia doctor, officials weigh in on plan for private clinics
January 2023
CTV News: Emergency rooms not strained by virtual care; research study says
CityNews Ottawa: No evidence enrolled patients subbed ER for virtual family doctor visits: OMA study
CP24: Ontario patients did not go to ER instead of in-person doctor visits: study
The Globe and Mail: The rise of virtual care isn’t driving ER visits, study says
CBC Listen: Virtual care isn't driving up visits to the ER
The Toronto Star: Virtual doctor visits didn't send patients to ERs: study
CTV News Channel: Dr. Zacharias speaks about surgery clinics
CBC News Network: Dr. Zacharias speaks about surgery clinics
CTV News: Plans to address surgical backlog
Global News Radio in London: Dr. Zacharias interview about surgery clinics
Reuters: Canadian province's healthcare fix raises fears of new strain on public system
CBC News: If cutting surgical wait lists is the only goal, Doug Ford's plan could work
The Globe and Mail: Ontario to boost surgeries at private clinics, asserts change won’t affect public health care system
CBC News
: More money is a must, but health-care delivery also needs a major rethink, doctors say
The Globe and Mail
: What the rest of the country can learn from Ontario’s family doctor payment model
Yahoo: Ontario's accreditation program won't alleviate doctor shortage, experts say
CTV News
: Tips on maintaining mental health this Christmas
The Toronto Star: Want to avoid COVID, RSV and flu this holiday? Here’s doctors’ advice
Midland News
: Ontario Medical Association offers mental health tips
December 2022
The Globe and Mail
: Ontario reviving plans for program that fast-tracks foreign-trained doctors into work force
The Globe and Mail:
Virtual walk-in clinics may contribute more strain to health-care system: Ontario Medical Association
CityNews: With pediatric hospitals under pressure, Ontario's medical association is offering guidance
CBC News: Children are dying from flu. Some provinces are slow to report it — and these experts say that's dangerous
CBC News: Northern Ontario's doctor shortage isn't improving, says Ontario Medical Association
The Record: ‘We need to recruit and retain family physicians’: Cambridge family doctor on medical staff shortage during respiratory virus surge
CityNews: Ontario family doctors letting patients go as caseloads become unmanageable
CMA: National, provincial, territorial medical organizations urge governments to collaborate to fix health-system crisis
Global News: Virtual care platform sees exodus of doctors as result of Ontario fee changes
November 2022
CityNews: Ontario Doctors meeting with MPPs at Queen’s Park to discuss healthcare system
The Globe and Mail: Almost 20 per cent of Toronto doctors are considering closing their practice in the next five years
Sudbury News: Ontario doctors ‘encouraging’ residents to mask up
CBC News: Wear masks indoors, Ontario doctors urge ahead of 'perfect storm' in pediatric system
London Free Press: Masks, vaccine catch-up urged ahead of anticipated 'triple threat' viral season
My Algoma Manitoulin Now: Wearing masks recommended by Ontario agency
Insauga: Hospitals bracing for record numbers in Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton and across Ontario
Ottawa Sun: Second ICU added at CHEO as overburdened pediatric hospitals brace for worst to come this viral season
Sudbury Star: 'It may get worse': Children's Hospital ER swamped by kids with respiratory illnesses
October 2022
Téléjournal Ontario: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
Radio-Canada: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
CBC Ottawa Morning: 400,000 fewer mammograms performed during pandemic: Ontario Medical Association
CBC News Network: Dr. Timothy Hanna on missed mammograms
CBC News Network: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
AM800: A Call to Fix the Healthcare System – Dr. Zacharias in Windsor
CBC News: Inside ERs at a breaking point
Sudbury Star
: Overworked and exhausted, family doctors carry on
|
Opinion
TVO Today: How Can Dementia Care Be Delivered at Home?
The Province: We need to keep older physicians and nurses in the workforce
September 2022
CP24
: Dr. Benjamin Lalonde speaks about
OMATalks,
Indigenous health care
The Toronto Star: Ontario doctors want to build stand-alone surgical centres to help clear wait lists
Ottawa Citizen: Medical association calls for high-demand procedure referral system
Yahoo Finance: OMA proposes three immediate solutions for Ontario's health-care system
Timmins Today: Ontario doctors offer immediate solutions to health care crisis
CBC News: What Ontario's new long-term care rules will (and won't) do for hospitals
Muskoka411: OMA Proposes Three Immediate Solutions For Ontario's Health-Care System
CBC News: Limit COVID-19 at school with familiar tools, says specialist
CTV News: How are Canadian universities responding to monkeypox?
The Toronto Star: ‘Flies in the face of what’s happening’: Ontario’s decision to end five-day COVID isolation period faces criticism
Kingstonist: Nine new family doctors to practice in the City of Kingston
August 2022
CityNews: 'Extremely unnerving': Huge financial bill looms if Ontario hospital patients refuse LTC
CTV News: Why is vaccine uptake in kids 5-11 so low? Infectious disease expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch offers his take
CTV News: Tube shortage left Ont. woman without epidural during labour
CBC News: Ontario hospitals are bracing for possible epidural catheter shortages
CTV News: ICU physician: Ford government is 'gaslighting' health-care workers
The Globe and Mail obituary: Emergency physician Paul Hannam showed strong leadership through pandemic challenges
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February 2023
CP24:
Dr. Zacharias speaks ahead of federal health care funding announcement
Pentictonherald.ca:
Ontario signals acceptance of health deal, raises concerns about funding timelines
The Star:
Doug Ford says Trudeau must spend more on health care
CTV:
Dr. Zacharias speaks about the doctor shortage
Canhealth.com:
Ontario plans to eliminate faxes in healthcare in 5 years | Canadian Healthcare Technology
NWONewsWatch.com:
Dryden doctor prescribes potential solutions for physician shortage
The Star:
Canadian doctors spend millions of hours on unnecessary paperwork: report
Medscape.com:
Ontario Government Enlarges Role of Ambulatory Clinics
CBC News:
Doctors call for improvements to northern Ontario health system during pre-budget presentation
CBC News:
Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's being done about it
Orillia News:
Orillia doctor, officials weigh in on plan for private clinics
January 2023
CTV News: Emergency rooms not strained by virtual care; research study says
CityNews Ottawa: No evidence enrolled patients subbed ER for virtual family doctor visits: OMA study
CP24: Ontario patients did not go to ER instead of in-person doctor visits: study
The Globe and Mail: The rise of virtual care isn’t driving ER visits, study says
CBC Listen: Virtual care isn't driving up visits to the ER
The Toronto Star: Virtual doctor visits didn't send patients to ERs: study
CTV News Channel: Dr. Zacharias speaks about surgery clinics
CBC News Network: Dr. Zacharias speaks about surgery clinics
CTV News: Plans to address surgical backlog
Global News Radio in London: Dr. Zacharias interview about surgery clinics
Reuters: Canadian province's healthcare fix raises fears of new strain on public system
CBC News: If cutting surgical wait lists is the only goal, Doug Ford's plan could work
The Globe and Mail: Ontario to boost surgeries at private clinics, asserts change won’t affect public health care system
CBC News
: More money is a must, but health-care delivery also needs a major rethink, doctors say
The Globe and Mail
: What the rest of the country can learn from Ontario’s family doctor payment model
Yahoo: Ontario's accreditation program won't alleviate doctor shortage, experts say
CTV News
: Tips on maintaining mental health this Christmas
The Toronto Star: Want to avoid COVID, RSV and flu this holiday? Here’s doctors’ advice
Midland News
: Ontario Medical Association offers mental health tips
December 2022
The Globe and Mail
: Ontario reviving plans for program that fast-tracks foreign-trained doctors into work force
The Globe and Mail:
Virtual walk-in clinics may contribute more strain to health-care system: Ontario Medical Association
CityNews: With pediatric hospitals under pressure, Ontario's medical association is offering guidance
CBC News: Children are dying from flu. Some provinces are slow to report it — and these experts say that's dangerous
CBC News: Northern Ontario's doctor shortage isn't improving, says Ontario Medical Association
The Record: ‘We need to recruit and retain family physicians’: Cambridge family doctor on medical staff shortage during respiratory virus surge
CityNews: Ontario family doctors letting patients go as caseloads become unmanageable
CMA: National, provincial, territorial medical organizations urge governments to collaborate to fix health-system crisis
Global News: Virtual care platform sees exodus of doctors as result of Ontario fee changes
November 2022
CityNews: Ontario Doctors meeting with MPPs at Queen’s Park to discuss healthcare system
The Globe and Mail: Almost 20 per cent of Toronto doctors are considering closing their practice in the next five years
Sudbury News: Ontario doctors ‘encouraging’ residents to mask up
CBC News: Wear masks indoors, Ontario doctors urge ahead of 'perfect storm' in pediatric system
London Free Press: Masks, vaccine catch-up urged ahead of anticipated 'triple threat' viral season
My Algoma Manitoulin Now: Wearing masks recommended by Ontario agency
Insauga: Hospitals bracing for record numbers in Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton and across Ontario
Ottawa Sun: Second ICU added at CHEO as overburdened pediatric hospitals brace for worst to come this viral season
Sudbury Star: 'It may get worse': Children's Hospital ER swamped by kids with respiratory illnesses
October 2022
Téléjournal Ontario: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
Radio-Canada: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
CBC Ottawa Morning: 400,000 fewer mammograms performed during pandemic: Ontario Medical Association
CBC News Network: Dr. Timothy Hanna on missed mammograms
CBC News Network: Dr. Jean Seely on missed mammograms
AM800: A Call to Fix the Healthcare System – Dr. Zacharias in Windsor
CBC News: Inside ERs at a breaking point
Sudbury Star
: Overworked and exhausted, family doctors carry on
|
Opinion
TVO Today: How Can Dementia Care Be Delivered at Home?
The Province: We need to keep older physicians and nurses in the workforce
September 2022
CP24
: Dr. Benjamin Lalonde speaks about
OMATalks,
Indigenous health care
The Toronto Star: Ontario doctors want to build stand-alone surgical centres to help clear wait lists
Ottawa Citizen: Medical association calls for high-demand procedure referral system
Yahoo Finance: OMA proposes three immediate solutions for Ontario's health-care system
Timmins Today: Ontario doctors offer immediate solutions to health care crisis
CBC News: What Ontario's new long-term care rules will (and won't) do for hospitals
Muskoka411: OMA Proposes Three Immediate Solutions For Ontario's Health-Care System
CBC News: Limit COVID-19 at school with familiar tools, says specialist
CTV News: How are Canadian universities responding to monkeypox?
The Toronto Star: ‘Flies in the face of what’s happening’: Ontario’s decision to end five-day COVID isolation period faces criticism
Kingstonist: Nine new family doctors to practice in the City of Kingston
August 2022
CityNews: 'Extremely unnerving': Huge financial bill looms if Ontario hospital patients refuse LTC
CTV News: Why is vaccine uptake in kids 5-11 so low? Infectious disease expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch offers his take
CTV News: Tube shortage left Ont. woman without epidural during labour
CBC News: Ontario hospitals are bracing for possible epidural catheter shortages
CTV News: ICU physician: Ford government is 'gaslighting' health-care workers
The Globe and Mail obituary: Emergency physician Paul Hannam showed strong leadership through pandemic challenges
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