You can't avoid the newspaper stories about our healthcare system in crisis. In the newspapers, it is vague and distant. But when you experience it first hand with a family member or when your friend tells you about the delays and inability to access services, then it becomes real. So ...
Everyday, we are seeing newspapers with stories , even 2 page spreads, announcing the crisis in healthcare. And today, the writer forecast that it is going to get much worse. Really. Worse. That is not helpful. In fact, crying wolf too often desensitizes the readers to the issue. Just another ...
I just finished reading David Sax's book: The Future Is Analog. It is an excellent read and drills down on the dangers of the impending metaverse. It provides an explanation of why a digital life is an empty life. Real people need real connections. A digital life is without real ...
If you mention private or privitization combined with healthcare anywhere in Canada and you will be attacked by the spirits of socialized medicine of the past. Don't mention private care or you will be shut out. Cancel culture at work. But what if we invent a new and much kinder ...
Exhaled breath is a rich source of prospective clinically-relevant biomarkers. Several are already in widespread use, including oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane, nitric oxide and sulfur compounds, yet many more remain to be discovered. Breath contains over 1,000 volatile organic compounds ( VOCs) of which many have links to metabolism ...
BC Health has recognized the importance of primary care doctors. And has raised their incomes from an average of $250,000 per year to $385,000 per year. Now, doctors from various provinces will want to move to BC. The gross income of $250,000 might seem like a lot but 50% is ...
David has had a back condition for years. But last week, it got very much worse. He could not move. He was wracked with pain. His wife thought about going to the ER but he could not sit in their car. So she called 911 at 9:30PM. He waited at ...
Dr. Alika Lafontaine is president of the Canadian Medical Association. We do not get the health care systems we aspire to; we get the health care systems we design. Lack of leadership, investment and new thinking means we have built fragmented systems where siloed decision-making results in redundancies, subpar outcomes ...
THE LACK OF CAPACITY IN MENTAL HEALTH PUTS US AND OUR FAMILIES AT RISK: Our client S.T. was 25 years of age. She had very serious mental health challenges including active psychosis. She was a danger to herself. Her mother was committed to helping but she was not able to ...
It seems that a certain group of medical doctors feel that seeing patients is grunt work. It should be left for others to do. Not for me. So they find projects and careers that involve healthcare but removes them from seeing and examining patients. They are proud to boast that ...