by CMAJ News | Nov 21, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Medication costs driving seniors to food banks The high cost of drugs has led to more seniors in lines outside food banks. Paul Webster | CMAJ | November 21, 2017 Early on a fall morning, dozens of older patrons — many using canes, walkers or wheelchairs — lined up...
by CMAJ News | Nov 9, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Northwest Territories leads Canada in electronic medical record coverage Clinicians in the Northwest Territories can access information for 90% of patients on a territory-wide electronic medical record system Paul Webster | Toronto, Ont. | November 9, 2017 Twenty...
by CMAJ News | Sep 13, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Action awaits on antimicrobial misuse Canada has a new framework for action on antimicrobial misuse but still no actionable plan Paul Webster | Toronto | September 13, 2017 Three years after the Canadian government released its federal framework for action on...
by CMAJ News | Aug 1, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Growing use of integrated e-health systems Encouraging signs emerging for e-health integration in Canada Paul Webster | CMAJ | August 1, 2017 Government officials have long claimed that integrated provincial electronic health information systems are gathering...
by CMAJ News | Jul 27, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Dramatic budget increase for Hepatitis treatment in federal prisons Paul Webster | Toronto | July 27, 2017 All federal inmates with HCV eligible for treatment There will be a vast increase in spending on treatment for the estimated 2700 federal inmates infected with...
by CMAJ News | Jul 12, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
CIHR’s face-to-face about-face Paul Webster | Toronto | July 12, 2017 CIHR is abandoning its contentious virtual peer-review process Repudiating recommendations from two expert working groups, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is abandoning a set of...
