Well meaning home care standards just wishful thinking
Nothing will change unless adequate resources are available and an effective system of inspection and enforcement is in place
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Alberta healthcare
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A provincial remedy to the excesses of medical assisted suicide
MAiD is changing our health system to one designed to bury us at the lowest possible cost
Machine learning may help predict opioid prescription risk for patients
Current guidelines to determine which patients are at higher risk don’t catch everyone
Canada’s health-care system desperately needs creative leadership
Too bad there is none on offer
How to resolve the health-care deadlock in Canada
The Canada Health Act must permit more room for experimentation and innovation at a provincial level
Private health insurance would ease Canadians’ suffering
Provinces should allow other options, like duplicate insurance, so patients can access the care they need more quickly
Researchers one step closer to reversing the effects of MS
Molecule appears to trigger the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis
Private facilities bring much needed competition to health care system
The competition will pressure governments to improve the public system
Key Alzheimer’s risk factors affect men more than women
Finding unexpected because women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s more often than men
Canada’s health-care system is a disaster
Foreign-trained health professionals could help alleviate the strain
Program offers homeless emergency patients permanent homes
Homeless make more than 26,000 visits to Alberta emergency departments each year
New business provides services to seniors living alone
Tuktu services include driving, shopping, housekeeping, companionship and technical help, all at an affordable cost
Artificial intelligence may help predict opioid use disorder
Model predicted high-risk patients with an accuracy of 86 per cent
