In the News

Open Medicine is making headlines. Here is just some of the buzz:

 

January 2012

More physician specialists staying in Newfoundland and Labrador, study says

Winnipeg Free Press

More physician specialists are staying to work in Newfoundland and Labrador than in previous years, a new study says.

 

November 2011

Moneyball hits lead-off for health care

"Blue Sky," CBC Radio One Saskatoon

An interview featuring MASH blog contributor Steven Lewis.


Long-time doctors make up majority of discipline cases

CTV

Most of the doctors who were disciplined by their local medical licensing authorities over the last 10 years were family doctors who had been practising a long time, a new study finds.

 

September 2011

Are generic drug caps keeping prices high?

September 29, 2011

The National Post

It was, for a while at least, an epic battle between government and industry. And in the emotional showdown last year between the pharmacy industry and Ontario’s Liberal government – now fighting for re-election – the province seemed to win. But did it really? A new analysis suggests its much-vaunted crackdown on pharmacies – and corresponding regulation of generic drug prices – may actually mean higher prices in the long run.

 

Open Medicine: Because health care informaiton belongs to everybody

September 2, 2011

The Vancouver Observer



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