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Release: Nominate your Physician for Sarnia's Patients' Choice Awards

SARNIA – If you believe your physician is committed to providing great patient care, submit a nomination about him or her for the Patients’ Choice Awards. Sponsored by Bluewater Health, the Patients’ Association of Canada and the Ontario Medical Association, the Patients’...

KevinMD: Test results without Physician Guidance causes Patient Anxiety

A patient once blamed me for causing him considerable anxiety because he had to wait several weeks before receiving the results of a lab test, which I had ordered. Many patients commonly have to wait days, if not weeks, before getting lab results from their doctor. The...

The Canadian Jewish News: Book helps Patients speak up for their own care

Lisa Newman is urging patients and their families to take charge of their own health care. The co-author of Journeys in Cancerland with John-Peter Bradford, Newman, 67, is a psychiatric social...

Globe and Mail: New CMA president, A view shaped by best and worst of care

ANDRE PICARD - It is essential that the health care system be transformed to put the needs of patients and their families ahead of those of providers, the new president of the Canadian Medical Association says.

In this article, PAC president Sholom Glouberman argues for...

CIHR Institute of Aging: Speaking of Aging Tour

This year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging began a multi-stage strategic planning process that will enable it to define its priorities for the next five years (2013–18).

The next stage in the process consists of engaging a...