Road to Mercy follows doctors and their patients as they struggle to identify the limits of the newly granted right to die. In Belgium, we meet bold physicians who are testing those limits – going beyond terminal illness to provide an assisted death for suffering psychiatric patients, a scenario that is legal both in Belgium and under Canada’s recent Supreme Court Carter ruling…more.
Despite overwhelming evidence that Physician Assistants Improve Care and Save Money, Many Provinces are still not using PAs effectively.
Canada’s healthcare system would provide better, more affordable quality care if Physician Assistants (PAs) were being used more broadly, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada released this week. The report was released on the eve of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistant’s annual conference in Winnipeg…more.
Physician Assistants Could Result In Significant Savings For Canadian Health Care System: Report
The Conference Board of Canada says by hiring more physician assistants and integrating them into health care teams, millions could be saved in efficiency gains…more
Physician Assistants Could Result In Significant Savings For Canadian Health Care System: Report
The report says the PAs could step in and complete more routine tasks, to free up the physicians’ time. The Board says if PAs are able to relieve more than 30% of physicians’ time in all areas, this could represent $620M in costs savings for the health care system…more
Physician Assistants Could Result In Significant Savings For Canadian Health Care System: Report
The Conference Board of Canada says by hiring more physician assistants and integrating them into health care teams, millions could be saved in efficiency gains…more