by CMAJ News | Sep 14, 2018 | archive, recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | September 14, 2018 Only 25 of the 102 drug companies that Health Canada asked to stop marketing opioids to health care professionals responded to the request as of Sept. 5. New regulations on how drug companies can market opioids to doctors may...
by CMAJ News | Aug 23, 2018 | archive, recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | August 24, 2018 The Canadian Medical Association’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg was a contentious affair, with some doctors in attendance voicing frustration about the CMA’s attempt to push through major governance changes in only a couple...
by CMAJ News | Aug 22, 2018 | archive, homepage, Roger Collier
Emotions flare in tense but civil CMA annual meeting Roger Collier | CMAJ | August 22, 2018 Doctors attending CMA’s annual meeting voiced frustration about time constraints on Twitter. Physicians who attended the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Medical...
by CMAJ News | Aug 21, 2018 | archive, homepage, Roger Collier
Medical technology often a burden if designed without physician input Roger Collier | CMAJ | August 21, 2018 Many physicians worry that technology is dehumanizing the doctor–patient relationship. If you would like to hear a physician rant, simply say these three...
by CMAJ News | Aug 20, 2018 | archive, homepage, Roger Collier
Canadian health care lacks culture of innovation Roger Collier | CMAJ | August 20, 2018 Silos in Canadian health care impede the spread of innovative ideas. There is a simple reason why innovation is so lacking in Canadian health care, according to Kelvin Ogilvie, a...
by CMAJ News | Aug 17, 2018 | archive, recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | August 17, 2018 The federal government announced $378 million in funding to provide grants for 405 health research projects across Canada. Eleven of the grants are for Indigenous health research and 82 were awarded to early-career researchers....
