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Feb 16

Support for Doctor-Patient Email: Ontario Still Lags Behind

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I thought it was about time to write a post about the woes of doctor-patient email.

Last week, a friend was having some issues with his phone, so his family doctor’s office couldn’t get in touch to inform him of the date of his specialist’s appointment. He didn’t know about the trouble until he popped in for a visit, which was when his doctor asked him – if he didn’t hear by a certain date – to call the specialist …

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Jan 9

Telemedicine is Up in the Air

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The film “Up in the Air” is — ostensibly — all about George Clooney. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) travels across the country 300+ days of the year and fires people for a living… Because bosses get scared and emotional ex-employees tend toward regrettable actions.

But “Natalie Keener” (Anna Kendrick) truly steals the show.
Natalie is the young hotshot character. She’s convinced Ryan’s boss to replace the guys’ jet-setting ways with New Technology: firing people over the computer screen. She’s going …

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