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Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott says when she sits down with her provincial counterparts her focus will be less on how much more money Ottawa needs to give to the provinces and more about reforms to the health-care system. Philpott…

In just four years, Saskatchewan has gone from having the worst surgical wait times in the country at 29 weeks to the shortest at 13.6 weeks, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute. “It just shows that when…

“Mom used to love playing cards, and we’d get the grand-kids together, and we’d come to the hospice. We’d be able to have a great, comfortable setting where we could all sit at the table, play cards and have fun,”…

Two separate reports being released Tuesday have used different strategies to reach the same conclusion — Canada’s health care wait times leave much to be desired. The Wait Time Alliance, a group consisting of major doctor’s associations across the country,…

Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk detailed Wednesday how the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care fell behind on its critical-incident and complaint inspections across the province, because of a doubling in the number of complaints between December 2013 and March 2015.…

Michael Garron was born at the hospital in 1962. He died at age 13 after seven years of living with a rare soft tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma. Before his death, Myron and Berna Garron, Michael’s parents, promised him he…

Patients are supplied with equipment so they can take daily measurements of their own blood pressure, weight, pulse and the oxygen levels in their blood. They are also given a tablet device to answer a few questions about how they…

In a career that has taken her from an urban intensive care ward to the farthest reaches of Canada, Assistant Professor Tracey Galloway is helping to change the delivery of health care in Canada’s icy north. Full article: U of T News

Technology is changing the relationship between patients and health professionals, says Dr. Kendall Ho, professor of emergency medicine and director of the eHealth Strategy Office at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine. “It’s up to us to embrace…

The next time you’re scheduled for surgery, your to-do list could include accessing a web-based program or downloading an app to your smartphone or tablet – thanks to a recent U of T grad and a startup with serious backers. Read full…