Canada’s melting pot of health care can be a tricky one to navigate from province to province, with each establishing their own set of guidelines governed by separate bodies without a national connection. So a physician practicing in Ontario may … read more
Today’s bragging rights seems to not be about who has the greatest car, but more about who’s the busiest. We all want to do more in less time. After all, productivity and billings do matter. But patient experience and work-life … read more
As Britain’s National Health Service moves to ban fax machines by 2020, Canada is still holding onto this system to communicate between physicians’ offices. Faxes are used to request and book referral appointments, and to send medical documents. To describe … read more
Physicians have a duty beyond the best care possible for their patients. They must protect their privacy as well as their health. In a world where health records are increasingly stored electronically, that protection is as complex and multi-faceted as … read more
This scene may be familiar to you: an older gentleman with an appointment at a clinic that also takes walk-ins watches as patients who came in after him are paraded in and out, prescriptions in hand. His frustration grows until … read more
We’ve all seen the scribbles after a visit to the clinic. Reading a prescription can be like trying to decipher which athlete’s autograph you got as a youngster. But in the medical community, poor penmanship can lead to deadly consequences. … read more
Since the 1980s, offices have been dreaming about going paperless. Fast-forward 30+ years and many offices remain just as reliant on paper as they did then. All of that paper results in clutter, cutting down trees, and difficulties finding specific … read more
Pepper may stand a mere 4 feet tall and weigh only 62 pounds, but the Humber River Hospital is hoping that the little robot can create some pretty big smiles. The Hospital has partnered with SoftBank Robotics America to … read more
Whether we like it or not, health care is also about customer service. The diagnosis is not the only thing that patients are concerned about; in fact, there are some areas of concern that tend to show up over and … read more
There is one doctor that we wouldn’t recommend and that’s Dr. Google. Evidence suggests that people using Google to diagnose their symptoms could end up feeling worse and even less informed than before they searched. It’s no surprise that people … read more
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