Americans are spending billions on drugs that don’t work. The FDA has sped up approvals for some drugs under pressure from patient groups, but that’s allowed some to be sold even before testing was finished. Since 2014, drug companies made at least $3.6 billion in global sales of medications that have either later been deemed ineffective ...
A generative AI company is working with US hospitals to increase hospital billings. The AI generates ideas and options for the doctors. The doctors order tests and procedures. And the sum total of the patient bill is likely to increase. So the generative AI is being used to maximize patient ...
The key for good leadership, according to the experts, is a balance between abstract thinking and empathetic engagement. The problem with power is that it tips the scale toward abstract thinking and less towards empathetic engagement. Those in power, most often, feel very little towards those most impacted by their ...
MATT SLOCUM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Shohei Ohtani agrees to record $700 million, 10-year contract with Dodgers RONALD BLUM Shohei Ohtani agreed Saturday to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was announced after days of speculation over where the unique, two-way star would continue his ...
Recently, we were retained by an academic working at a large Canadian university. She had cancer which had spread to her lymph nodes. This was concerning. She needed a new biologic drug that was appropriate for her situation. The academic's doctors put in a claim to the university because the ...
Patients are getting older with more chronic conditions and more urgent needs. This increased complexity is challenging for family doctors. They are not trained to deal with this level of complexity. They are not paid for addressing this level of complexity. So complex elderly patients go untreated and undiagnosed. Is ...
Many patients do not have a family doctor. Or they have a family doctor but can't get access. So the nurse practitioner is emerging as the go to solution for these patients. Many patients do not recognize that nurse practitioners can do everything that a family doctor can do: Diagnose. ...
The Alberta government recently announced that it’s going to “de-privatize” community-based lab testing in Calgary and the southern regions of the province. The move is eyebrow-raising for a couple of reasons. First, the United Conservative Party is ideologically enthusiastic about privatization, and this is a significant climb down. The about-face ...
An OMA document prepared by Economics, Research and Analytics at the OMA. Last updated April 6, 2015. Presented to Governing Council in 2015. It was sourced from the OMA website's directory of published documents. There are 9 slides. I have summarized two of them below: Main findings: 1. Net real ...
HANCE CLARKE AND IMRAN ABDOOL SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED AUGUST 28, 2023 An emergency sign is seen outside a hospital in Montreal, on July 10.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/THE CANADIAN PRESS Dr. Hance Clarke is the director of Pain Services and the medical director of the Pain Research Unit at the Toronto General ...