“Lots of physicians don’t want to do after-hours call, especially in a setting where the remuneration for after-hours work is less than what it would be for your office,” said Dr. Cindy Marshall. Continue reading
Frustrated with potentially harmful misinformation she was seeing on mom blogs, an Edmonton doctor created her own. Continue reading
Health Care Connect is a government agency meant to assist Ontario residents in finding a family doctor. Continue reading
A new women’s clinic has opened up in Lakefield for women who don’t currently have a family doctor, and it’s focused on screening women for potentially serious health issues. Continue reading
The Central Okanagan Division of Family Practice has announced that it has successfully recruited seven new family doctors. Continue reading
The new app promises to let patients teleconference with a licensed health-care provider, with no cost to the user. Continue reading
The hot-button issue of health care has burst into the spotlight in Quebec’s election campaign in the form of promises for more family doctors as well as subsidized eyewear for youngsters. Continue reading
Statistics Canada estimates that a full 11.3 per cent of Nova Scotia’s 953,869 residents are without a family doctor. Continue reading
It’s a break-up Rachel Wilson wasn’t expecting. The Victoria woman told by her family doctor that she was no longer a patient because she had visited a walk-in clinic. Continue reading
The province has announced a second team of doctors based out of Saint John that will work under the new ‘Family Medicine New Brunswick’ model. Continue reading