College fights to get groping MD’s licence revoked

Following a Star investigation into doctors still at work after sexually abusing their patients, the provincial government established a task force in December 2014 to study the issue and make recommendations. The Ministry of Health has said the report is expected to be made public soon.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/08/25/college-fights-to-get-groping-mds-licence-revoked.html

The terrible cost of waste in health care

......Deciding who will live, or have a chance at life, and who will die, is one of the crueler ways Ontario governments have long controlled the costs of health care.

Another is long waiting lists for treatment......

...Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government for wasting billions of public dollars on, for example, unreliable and expensive wind and solar power, for cancelled gas plants and, most outrageously, for spending scandals in the health ministry such as eHealth and Ornge.

Source/more: http://www.torontosun.com/2016/08/25/the-terrible-cost-of-waste-in-health-care

Doctors worry about patient privacy as they speculate on government plans for eHealth

The province’s doctors are expressing “grave concerns” about the Liberal government’s plans for eHealth Ontario.

In the wake of Health Minister Eric Hoskins’ decision to ask Premier Kathleen Wynne’s privatization guru, Ed Clark, to appraise the monetary value of the electronic health records agency, the Ontario Medical Association is sounding the alarm over patient privacy.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/13/doctors-worry-about-patient-privacy-as-they-speculate-on-government-plans-for-ehealth.html

Doctors worry about patient privacy as they speculate on government plans for eHealth

https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/13/doctors-worry-about-patient-privacy-as-they-speculate-on-government-plans-for-ehealth.html