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Patients before paperwork: Leveraging AI as a tool in primary care
Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture. • By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

Elliott Wong
Jun 27


Managing the Pitt. Experts discuss how to cope with the stresses of emergency medicine
by Maddi Dellplain Jun 18, 2025 “The average emergency room doctor gets pulled from Task A to Task B every three to five minutes.” … ...

Maddi Dellplain
Jun 27


Most Ontarians support single-payer health care: poll
Marc Benoit Published Jun 12, 2025 Canadian Union of Public Employees researcher Doug Allen explained how most Ontarians strongly support...

Marc Benoit
Jun 14


Most people in Waterloo Region face reduced access to privatized hospital services: new report
Polling shows 72 per cent of people in Western Ontario say it’s unacceptable for private clinics to charge patients CUPE Ontario, June...

CUPE Ontario
Jun 14


Ontario baby dies after being born prematurely with measles, other complications
By Prisha Dev Global News Posted June 5, 2025 1:17 pm Updated June 6, 2025 7:54 am An infant has died in Southwestern Ontario after...

Prisha Dev
Jun 9


‘This Will Make You a Better Doctor’
May 27, 2025 by Danielle Penney There is nothing in a textbook that prepares you for the moment you’re staring at a graph of your...

Danielle Penney
Jun 1


Ontario has a family doctor crisis. Here’s one reason why it’s hard to find one
A study published Tuesday found that while there are now more family doctors practising here, fewer are providing full-service family...

Megan Ogilvie
Jun 1


Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
May 12, 2025 | Written by: Andrew Longhurst Summary Ontario public hospitals are under intense pressure. Provincial funding and policy...

Andrew Longhurst
May 13


Rise in for-profit agency nurse costs in Ontario hospitals 'exorbitant,' says researcher
Hospitals turn to staffing agencies when they can't fill shifts, which further exacerbates staffing shortages Amina Zafar · CBC News ·...

Amina Zafar
May 12


Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario tens of millions. A former owner claims rampant abuse
Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there’s “an important...

Kenyon Wallace
May 10


If measles was a problem, Ford would be on top it, right?
Health Minister Sylvia Jones insists Ontario’s strategy to fight measles is working despite a growing number of cases that included a...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 9


Ontario health minister defends province's approach amid worsening measles outbreak
Liberal health critic Dr. Adil Shamji, an emergency room physician, said he was flabbergasted by Minister of Health Sylvia Jones’s...

Canadian Press
May 8


Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of measles
By Martin Regg Cohn | Political Columnist | May 7, 2025 Premier Doug Ford is shown in Mississauga on April 30, 2025. Chris Young/The...

Martin Regg Cohn
May 7


Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?
Opposition proposes suspensions and fines for providers, clinics charging unlawful fees. Canada Healthwatch: The Weekly Dose — May 5,...

Canada Healthwatch
May 5


Thessalon residents fight to save hospital amid ongoing closures
Local resident Mary-Jane Thompson is going to Queens Park on May 14, to try to save the Thessalon hospital. 'We must advocate for change...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
May 5


Desperate to walk again, this 25-year-old Ontario woman is ready to pay $40K for U.S. spinal assessment
Ontario spine specialists say they're experiencing long wait times Isha Bhargava · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2025 5:00 AM EDT Sydney...

Isha Bhargava
Apr 22


Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...

Boris Kralj
Apr 2


‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisis
By Prisha Dev, Global News Posted March 29, 2025 4:00 am 1 in 3 nurse practitioners report experiencing burnout. NP Circle Survey 2025....

Prisha Dev
Mar 31


WEBINAR: Safe injection sites are under a major attack from the Ford government
Posted: March 21, 2025 Here is a recording and resources from our webinar on safe injection sites with DJ Larkin, Executive Director of...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 23


Majority of Ontarians say health care has worsened over the past year
Feb. 17, 2025 Stop the Crisis from the OMA website https://www.oma.org/advocacy/stop-the-crisis/ TORONTO, ON - A survey conducted by...

Ontario Medical Association
Feb 18
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