Welcome
to our Public Information section
You
will find information here on health trends (to better your
health), health care system changes (including service and
funding cuts), links to related areas of medicine, associations
and government and etc. Please be sure to visit our
"Media Releases" section
in case you missed any of our important public communications.
If
you are in need of a familly doctor, then click
here to be taken to our "Find a Doc" page.
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There
are 7 new vaccines for children and adults.
From the newest vaccines to protect babies from stomach
flu to proctecting young women from cancer, please
follow this link to our new vaccine
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Canadians
Give a Grade B to the Health Care System -
a new Canadian Medical Association finds in its latest
National Report card on Health Care (click
here for a "pdf" version of the report).
Access to family physicians is the only area that
received a grade A; yet, it is the area of health
care that is getting the most pressure for major changes.
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West
Nile virus has now been detected in Ontario.
Please go to our "Medical Links by Category"
page in the "Infectious Disease" heading
to find out the most recent data.
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What do we think
will solve Ontario's health system's woes?
Click on this link and find out by reading our Common Sense Solution Paper.
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Canadians
believe Canada Faces a doctor shortage - click
on this link to go to our doctor supply page and
read about how serious a problem we face here in
not only Ontario, but also right across Canada.
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Numerous
Ontario hospital closures have
occurred or are imminent. Although the government
has backed-down on some of these, hospital
bed shortages and over-loaded emergency rooms continue
to make headlines. Will more closures
really help our system?
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See
our Health Trends section to find
out about the first newly-released effective treatments
for the flu (influenza), anti-inflammatories that
do not hurt your stomach and other health information.
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Connect
with our Public Internet Links to find
sites divided into four categories: Medical Links,
Associations, Other Medical Sites, and Pharmaceutical
Companies.
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Click here to see new
links to government opposition parties' health care
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Summary
of Contents
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Health Trends - learn about
important new and current health issues and medications
with integrated internet links to related health
care sites. |
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Health Care System
- find out what really is happening in various areas
of health care in Ontario and Canada. Read about
what other Canadians think, the looming crisis in
Obstetrics, the decreasing doctor supply, and the
hospitals slated for closure in Ontario. |
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Costs and Funding of
our huge health care system. The only place
where we discuss dollars and cents. In
Ontario, per capita funding to health care is decreasing
in spite of inflation, advancing medical technologies,
and population ageing (elderly patient health care
costs are several times more than that for young patients)
Also, you should be aware that Ontario is
spending less annually on health care in terms of
its percent of GDP (gross domestic product).
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Find a Hospital provides
a link to the Ontario Hospitals Association's web
site of Ontario's hospitals. |
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Find an After Hours Clinic
is a new page under development linking
to web sites providing information on the growing
number of clinics featuring hospital affiliated family
physician after hours care. To optimize communication,
a copy of your medical record and tests should be
provided to you for your regular family doctor. |
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Internet
links to government and other health care association
sites |
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OHIP
services that are restricted or no longer covered
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Disclaimer |
You
are welcome to browse other areas of our web site such as
our Position
Statements. Please be aware that a large portion
of the information is intended for family physicians to
increase their awareness of the real problems we face with
changes in the delivery of health care in Ontario.
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