Healthcare Posts

The Patients Doctors Don’t Know

July 16, 2009

As they do every July, hospitals across America are welcoming new interns, fresh from medical school graduation. Given ...

Red Tape : Ontario Update

July 16, 2009

The public health system in Ontario, as in most provinces, reimburses residents who must seek medical services outside ...

Some Options for LGBT Seniors

June 15, 2009

Many LGBT seniors do not feel safe in disclosing their sexual identity or orientation to mainstream healthcare ...

Five things every hospital patient should know…

May 12, 2009

Your health care team's most important resource is you. Good patients take responsibility for their care, and not ...

Little Faith That Government Will Reach Goal for Health Care Teams – Survey Analysis

May 12, 2009

Health care continues to be a priority for CARP ActionOnline readers who registered an eye-popping number of responses ...

Red tape update

April 30, 2009

The issue of reimbursement for out of country medical services has come to symbolize the madness that is the current ...

Men’s Health: Protect Yourself Against Prostate Cancer

April 30, 2009

One in six. Those are the odds. This year, one of six Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, the most ...

Primary health care teams

April 30, 2009

The Health Council of Canada recently released a report to update Canadians on the status of primary health care teams ...

The Innovation Cell: Patient-Led Innovation

April 30, 2009

Editor's Note: We recently met Neil Seeman at the Health Innovation Policy Summit where CARP presented our views on ...

Electronic Health Records Update

April 30, 2009

A popular trend in health care these days is the concept known as electronic health records (EHR). Proponents of EHR ...