It's being called Ontario's biggest health system reform in 50 years, since the advent of medicare. But what will it actually look like for patients? The government of Premier Doug Ford is merging ...

TORONTO – Starting today, the Ontario government’s expansion to the Northern Health Travel Grant is now in effect. Over the next three years, the province is investing $45 million to expand the ...

However, for the past decade, Ontario has made it all but impossible for physicians to form new family health teams. All but three of the existing FHTs were created between 2005 and 2012.

You can also have a trusted person make health care decisions for you — called a medical power of attorney or health care agent — if you are unable to speak for yourself. You can give that person ...

require the principal to sign the advance directive in the presence of two witnesses who also sign the document (for example, N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2981(2); Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 19a-576(a)); or ...

Relying on privately owned clinics to help combat Ontario’s health-care shortages is the smart play. Private clinics in Toronto and Ottawa are already doing hip and knee procedures covered by OHIP.

On behalf of Ontario’s doctors, Park is pitching an 11-point plan to address weaknesses in the health-care system ahead of the province’s 2024 budget, with primary care the main priority.

An Advance Health Care Directive (or Advance Medical Directive) allows you to state what you want for your own medical care if you are unable to make decisions for yourself. You can: Direct that a ...

The other main advance directive is a health care proxy, which names a trusted person to advocate for your decisions. Typically, you can revoke a living will and override a health care proxy if ...

However, for the past decade, Ontario has made it all but impossible for physicians to form new family health teams. All but three of the existing FHTs were created between 2005 and 2012.

More family doctors in Ontario could begin caring for their patients in teams — alongside nurses, social workers and other health professionals — as a result of the new federal-provincial funding deal ...