Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said on Friday that Ottawa was clawing back $82.5-million from health transfers to the provinces for allowing for-profit companies to charge for medically necessary health services, mostly diagnostic services such as MRIs and CT scans.
More importantly, the minister served notice that, going forward, there would also be a crackdown on private companies offering telehealth services.
“It is critical that access to medically necessary services, whether provided in person or virtually, remains based on medical need and free of charge,” Mr. Duclos told reporters.
The key word in that sentence is “access” and it was…
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Opinion: Decentralizing Alberta Health Services is the wrong move
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The minister of health received her mandate letter from the premier this week, instructing her to “reform the management and structure of Alberta Health Services (AHS) to better decentralize decision-making.” This directive is wrong-headed and represents an ongoing distraction to the changes actually needed in our health-care system.
To be fair, the government should be recommended for its focus on health-system priority areas over the past eight months, including emergency care and surgery. Building on pre-existing AHS work, evidence-based actions were implemented by AHS, leading to measurable improvements that were only possible because of Alberta’s provincially integrated health…
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“Give people the power, give them the resources, give them the authority to say yes at the local level, and we’re going to get much better service.”
Published July 23, 2023 • Last updated 4 hours ago • 4 minute read
Premier Danielle Smith listens as Dr. John Cowell, official administrator with AHS answers questions during a press conference on a new initiative to use alternative modes of transportation for non-emergency transfers to hospitals. The goal is to help free up paramedics and ambulances for emergency calls. The announcement took place in a training lab…
Province adds three health teams in northeastern Ont.
The Ontario government has approved three new Ontario health teams in northeastern Ontario that will better connect people to care in their community.
In a news release Thursday, the province said Ontario health teams ensure people can move between health-care providers more easily with one patient record and one plan that follows them wherever they go.
The three new Ontario health teams are located in Cochrane (serving Chapleau, Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Hearst, Hornepayne, Missinabie, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, and Timmins); Sudbury (serving Greater Sudbury and Sudbury East, Espanola, Manitoulin, Elliot Lake, and surrounding areas); and, Timiskaming (serving the Timiskaming…
Workers to Premiers: Act Now to Fix Health Care, Create Sustainable Jobs and Make Life More Affordable
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Labor Congress President Bea Bruske has written to Canada’s premiers outlining workers’ priorities for next week’s Council of the Federation meetings.
“Workers and families are looking to Canada’s premiers for action to fix the health care crisis, help families struggling with still-rising prices, and collaborate with workers on creating sustainable, union jobs in a low-carbon economy,” said Bruske. “We are looking to the premiers to put workers and families at the center of next week’s Council of the Federation.”
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Bruske warned that people were particularly frustrated by…
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month sheds light on unique health care challenges – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, aiming to shed light on the unique health care challenges faced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States.
News 8 spokes with a local expert to lay out the healthcare challenges that minorities are facing in Indiana. Experts emphasize the importance of addressing specific needs and how to overcome barriers to mental health treatment in certain communities.
The percentage of people with mental illness who receive treatment remains low. A report from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health shows only…
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBRA) Given Consensus Rating of “Reduce” by Analysts
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBRA – Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, reports MarketBeat. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.56.
A number of brokerages recently commented on SBRA. Citigroup dropped their price target on Sabra Health Care REIT from $13.00 to…
Experts call for a collection of racial and Indigenous identity in health care
A group of experts says all provinces and territories should collect data on racial and Indigenous identity to help address inequities in care, and the best way to do that is when someone applies for a health card or renews it.
Doctor Andrew Pinto, lead author of a commentary published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, says Black and Indigenous patients have less access to care.
He says allowing them to voluntarily provide identity data could help track racism in the health-care system.
Pinto, who is founder of the non-profit Upstream Lab at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, says…