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Physicians in Canada were paid a total of $25 billion in 2014–2015, up from $24.1 billion during the previous period, according to a new report. The average payment per physician remained virtually unchanged at $339,000 nationally, the Canadian Institute for…

Writing in Monday’s edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the specialists suggest major changes are needed to improve access to palliative care, especially for patients with such conditions as end-stage heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.…

Canada needs innovative solutions to improve home and primary health care so it can match other countries including Britain and Australia, which have overcome similar problems by spending less money, Health Minister Jane Philpott says. It’s a myth that Canada…

Canadian doctors want the federal government to make sure health care professionals have the resources they need to care for the country’s aging population, says the president of the Canadian Medical Association. Dr. Cindy Forbes said the group has been…

A Fredericton couple says their son was treated inhumanely while waiting to see a doctor in the emergency room at the Doctor Everett Chalmers Hospital. The Ali’s say their son cried and screamed in severe pain in the emergency room…

The simulation scenarios last 15-20 minutes and include any on-shift staff in the ED, as required. Each is based on actual critical events that happened at the hospital, but spun differently. “It’s not anecdote driving change anymore,” said Dr. Chris…

A suburban New York university is using drone technology to improve the health care of people in remote parts of Madagascar. Stony Brook University, which has been working in the island nation off the coast of Africa for nearly three…

A new online portal that will deliver medical test results to Nova Scotians via smartphones is the kind of innovation that’s long overdue in Canadian health care, says the federal health minister. Jane Philpott was in Halifax on Thursday for…

First and foremost, a patient should get all medications at the same pharmacy, says Dr. Debbie Elman, the lead physician for the Academic Family Health Team at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She points out that patients are often treated by…

Adorned with spiky mauve-coloured hair, green-tinged eyes and a few quirky facial expressions to mimic a range of emotions, the two-foot-tall robot is made to look and act like a little boy. But his job is far from child’s play.…