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Category: In the Press

Health Quality Ontario Recommendations re: Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Devices and Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

January 4, 2019 by Tim Holman in In the Press

Late last year, Health Quality Ontario, under the guidance of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee, recommended publicly funding remote monitoring for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy devices with or without a defibrillator, and permanent pacemakers.  For more information, click here: https://bit.ly/2F5oRiZ.

HQO also recommended publicly funding transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis who are at intermediate surgical risk.  For more information, click here: https://bit.ly/2CQXIy1.

In both cases, HQO asked the OAC to provide experts in these fields to assist with the health technology assessment and consulted us on the draft recommendations before they were finalized.

 

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Ontario’s doctors at impasse with province in talks for new contract – Toronto Star

January 17, 2018 by Tim Holman in In the Press

After four years without a deal, Ontario doctors will send stalled contract talks to binding arbitration.

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New Cardiology EMR Specification Released in Ontario

November 8, 2017 by Tim Holman in In the Press

New Cardiology EMR Specification Released
EMR Cardiology 1.0 Gives EMR Vendors Information They Need To Meet the Clinical Practice Needs of Ontario’s Cardiologists

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Federal Government’s Tax Reforms: Media Coverage

September 25, 2017 by Tim Holman in In the Press

A look at the latest updates on federal tax reforms.

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OMA vote breakdown shows which types of doctors rejected framework deal – Toronto Star (July 3, 2017)

July 4, 2017 by Tim Holman in In the Press

The OMA has released a breakdown of how 48 physician specialty groups voted on new rules of engagement for contract negotiations with the province — and to the surprise of no one who follows Ontario medical politics closely, radiologists and cardiologists were among the minority who opposed the deal.

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CBC: Ontario doctors vote to reject tentative physician services agreement

CBC: Ontario doctors vote to reject tentative physician services agreement

August 15, 2016 by Tim Holman in In the Press

Four-year deal would have increased $11.5-billion physician services budget by 2.5 per cent a year

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Toronto Star: Doctors accuse OMA of pressing members to vote for deal

August 10, 2016 by Tim Holman in In the Press

Doctors opposed to tentative OMA deal with government step up their fight ahead of Sunday’s vote.

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The Globe and Mail: Coalition of Ontario Doctors urges colleagues to reject deal with province

August 9, 2016 by Administrator in In the Press

A coalition of Ontario doctors is stepping up its campaign to reject the tentative four-year agreement between the government and the Ontario Medical Association, charging the deal is vague and could result in cuts higher than the $200-million already laid out in it.

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National Post: Terence Corcoran: Judge rules OMA ‘sneaky’ in bid to have doctors ratify deal with province

August 5, 2016 by Tim Holman in In the Press

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice invalidated the OMA proxy form, concluding it needed to be re-issued with fairer and more balanced language.

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OAC President on CTV News Toronto re: TPSA

July 21, 2016 by Tim Holman in General In the Press

Earlier today, OAC President Dr. Jim Swan was interviewed as part of a CTV News Toronto story regarding the growing opposition to the TPSA.

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Ontario Cardiologists Call on Auditor General of Ontario to Investigate Misuse of Public Resources

June 7, 2016 by Tim Holman in General In the Press

Today, the Ontario Association of Cardiologists (OAC) issued an open letter to Ms. Bonnie Lysyk, Auditor General of Ontario, calling on her to investigate the provincial government’s spending in cardiac care and report on what the association considers to be a serious misuse of public resources.

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Open Letter to Auditor General of Ontario

June 7, 2016 by Tim Holman in General In the Press

Re: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Misuse of Public Resources

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Response to G&M Article

September 22, 2015 by Administrator in In the Press

The OAC responds to André Picard’s article in the Globe & Mail titled “Patients the losers in doctor dispute.”

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OAC President Quoted in The Medical Post

January 24, 2015 by Tim Holman in In the Press

On January 20, The Medical Post, a subscription based magazine published an article on the prospect of the Ontario government publishing OHIP billing data in Ontario. This issue had been raised previously by The Toronto Star in December 2014.  OAC President, Dr. Jim Swan, sounds a cautionary note advising that without explanatory wording to help the public better understand the numbers, the publishing of gross billing data would not be very helpful.

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The Medical Post picks up OAC story

January 13, 2015 by Administrator in In the Press

On January 12, The Medical Post, a subscription based magazine published an article quoting extensively from the Globe and Mail’s story on the status of health care negotiations in Ontario.

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OAC discussed in the Globe & Mail

January 10, 2015 by Administrator in In the Press

On January 10, 2015, The Globe and Mail published a story regarding the status of health care negotiations in Ontario.
The story centres on a leaked email from the OAC President, Dr. Jim Swan, to cardiologists who have not yet joined the Ontario Association of Cardiologists.

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