Patients Partnering With Doctors: It Is The Only Solution To A Broken Primary Care System I spent 40+ years as a family doctor. During that time, I could see the decline of the family doctor and the erosion of service levels. Being a family doctor was not just a ...
How Long Should It Take To See A Medical Specialist? 1 week or 1 to 2 years? Canadian patients are experiencing very long waits to access specialty consultations or care. We receive requests daily from patients across Canada on long wait lists for somewhat urgent conditions. 1 to 3 years ...
Dr. Tristan Brownrigg: I am a family physician, outdoorsman, and rural generalist currently working a mix of clinic, ER and inpatient care in the East Kootenays of British Columbia. I graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School, and did my Residency at Queen’s University (Kawartha site). I completed family medicine ...
The tics started when J. H. was only 12 years old. Over time her condition worsened until she was having whole-body fits and being rushed to hospital. But her local hospital in Durham, England, was dismissive, suggesting she had anxiety, a mental health condition, and that she was probably spending ...
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 ...