Richard Charney’s Response to the OMA’s Reaction to His Analysis. By now, many of us have had enough information on the tentative binding interest arbitarion (tBIA) deal the OMA and Ontario Liberals have offered us to vote on. But just as voting…
DoctorsOntario Recommends Voting No on the Tentative Binding Interest Arbitration Offer
June 4 2017 DoctorsOntario joined together with Dr. Kulvinder Gill, president and co-founder of Concerned Ontario Doctors (COD) to fund and support the Tentative Binding Interest Arbitration (tBIA) legal analysis by prominent labour lawyer, Mr. Richard Charney. Click here to…
The Road Ahead
Dear Colleagues, There is an old Chinese saying—a curse, actually. “May you live in interesting times.” For Ontario’s 28,000 doctors, 2016 was definitely “interesting.” We saw the Ontario Government introduce Bill 210, The Patients First Act, then surprise everyone by…
The Tentative Physician Services Agreement Making Sense of the Chaos
Many of us have been deluged by a flood of OMA messages regarding the surprise-release of a 4-year tentative Physician Services Agreement (tPSA). Here is what has unfolded in the past few weeks: OMA released and heavily promoted the tPSA…
Straight talk on health care?
Unfortunately, you won’t hear any coming from Ontario’s Liberal government First posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015 01:00 AM EDT There’s an old saying popularized by American satirist Mark Twain, that there are three kinds of lies: “Lies, damned lies, and…
The Doctor is Out
By Dr. Douglas Mark I never thought it would come to this. When I entered medical school, all those years ago, I never imagined in my wildest dreams there’d come a day when the Government of Ontario would declare war…
Technology in the Healthcare Sector
Dr Doug Mark weighs in on the use technology in a doctor’s office.
DoctorsOntario is live in The Rounds!
DoctorsOntario is happy to announce that we have partnered with The Rounds to provide our members with a cutting edge digital communication platform. The Rounds is Canada’s only secure online network exclusively for physicians and it’s where we will be…
It’s Time to Send a Message
To combat the Liberal Government’s unilateral actions against doctors and our patients, we are requesting that you begin using the attached “Ontario Health Care Rationing Authorization Form” form, starting Monday, March 2, 2015, for any office visit, procedure, test, or surgery…
DoctorsOntario launches PatientsOntario
DOCTORSONTARIO LAUNCHES PATIENTSONTARIO (March 30, 2015, Toronto, Ontario) – Dr. Douglas Mark, Interim President of DoctorsOntario, announced today that DoctorsOntario would be launching a new patient advisory group. The organization, which will be called PatientsOntario, is meant to act as a voice…