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    An Error in Judgement or a Breach of the Standard of Care?
    An Error in Judgement or a Breach of the Standard of Care?

    May 08, 2019

    Introduction: The vast majority of legal actions commenced against health professionals are grounded in whole, or in part, on the law of negligence. The tort of negligence requires a plaintiff to allege and prove four elements. They are: a duty...

    Judicial Review of Disciplinary Decisions
    Judicial Review of Disciplinary Decisions

    December 06, 2019

    In Jaffer v. Ontario (Health Professions Appeal and Review Board) the Ontario Divisional Court (ONSC) provided a number of lessons on the process of judicial review. The applicant for judicial review was a member of the Ontario College of Pharmacists...

    Certification of Fleeting "Intrusion Against Seclusion" Action
    Certification of Fleeting "Intrusion Against Seclusion" Action

    February 14, 2020

    The tort of intrusion upon seclusion is a recent addition to our common law in Ontario, under the umbrella of invasion of privacy (see our previous blog on this topic here). It emerged in 2012 with the Ontario Court of...

    The CPSO’s Standing List of Unregistered Practitioners
    The CPSO’s Standing List of Unregistered Practitioners

    October 27, 2017

    Every year, a number of unregistered practitioners posing as physicians make headlines and cause public outrage and uproar. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) takes such actions seriously and actively polices such individuals to ensure that public...

    Saskatchewan RN Found Guilty of Professional Misconduct After Series of Negative Social Media Posts Has Her Appeal Dismissed
    Saskatchewan RN Found Guilty of Professional Misconduct After Series of Negative Social Media Posts Has Her Appeal Dismissed

    April 13, 2018

    A Saskatchewan Court recently dismissed the appeal of a registered nurse (RN) who had been found guilty of professional misconduct and fined by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) (the regulatory body governing RN’s in that province), after she used...

    New Goudge Report Makes Recommendations on How the CPSO Can Streamline the Physician Complaint Review Process
    New Goudge Report Makes Recommendations on How the CPSO Can Streamline the Physician Complaint Review Process

    May 02, 2018

    Following an investigation into the practices of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has released the Honourable Justice Stephen Goudge's 2016 report making a number of recommendations on how the...

    The Limitation of Adding a Defendant to a Malpractice Claim
    The Limitation of Adding a Defendant to a Malpractice Claim

    February 21, 2020

    It is obviously critical that a plaintiff alleging negligent care in a malpractice lawsuit against health professionals has included all of the proper and necessary parties as defendants. The relevant names may not always be disclosed in the records and...

    CPSO Revokes License of Physician Who Sexually Abused Patients
    CPSO Revokes License of Physician Who Sexually Abused Patients

    November 10, 2017

    Sexual abuse and sexual harassment have been in the news recently, after the behaviour of many high-profile politicians, actors, executives, and other men have been made public. Such scandals have also rocked the healthcare world. Earlier this month, a rheumatologist...

    HPARB Confirms Physician Adhered Too Rigidly to Clinic Rules and Procedures to the Detriment of Patient Care
    HPARB Confirms Physician Adhered Too Rigidly to Clinic Rules and Procedures to the Detriment of Patient Care

    July 05, 2018

    The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board confirmed a decision by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) to advise a physician that his focus should be on clinical care...

    Family's Claim for Damages for Mental Injury Following Death of Son May have Merit Following SCC’s Saadati Decision
    Family's Claim for Damages for Mental Injury Following Death of Son May have Merit Following SCC’s Saadati Decision

    August 16, 2017

    Last month we blogged about the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC’s) potentially game changing decision in Saadati v. Moorhead. This week we explore the practical application of that decision in a recent action for negligence and damages for mental distress,...

    Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Requirements to Establish Mental Injury
    Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Requirements to Establish Mental Injury

    July 11, 2017

    In Saadati v. Moorhead, a unanimous decision released this past June, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) clarified what is required to prove a mental injury in tort (i.e. civil wrong) cases. In short, the SCC confirmed that there is...

    CPSO Suspends License of Sports Medicine Doctor for 9 Months: Dishonesty a Major Factor
    CPSO Suspends License of Sports Medicine Doctor for 9 Months: Dishonesty a Major Factor

    January 16, 2018

    A recent decision of the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO or College) illustrates the importance that the College places on honesty, and how closely tied honesty and integrity of a physician are tied...

    Physician Avoids Lawyer's SLAPP
    Physician Avoids Lawyer's SLAPP

    September 20, 2018

    The Ontario Court of Appeal has released a series of decisions interpreting Ontario's new anti-gagging legislation known as the SLAPP provisions. SLAPP is the acronym for "a strategic lawsuit against public participation." The goal of the legislation is to encourage...

    End of Life Care in Ontario: New Study Reveals Most Ontarians Would Prefer to Die at Home
    End of Life Care in Ontario: New Study Reveals Most Ontarians Would Prefer to Die at Home

    February 15, 2018

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    Sorry - The Hardest Word
    Sorry - The Hardest Word

    August 23, 2018

    “It’s sad, so sad Why can’t we talk it over? Oh, it seems to me That sorry seems to be the hardest word” ~ “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”: Elton John Bad Medical Outcomes: Health care professionals are...

    The Goudge Report Pt. 2 – The Medical Liability Review
    The Goudge Report Pt. 2 – The Medical Liability Review

    June 07, 2019

    Introduction In our last blog post, we discussed the report of Mr. Justice Gouge on the physician complaint process. The second referral to Mr. Justice Stephen Goudge in March of 2016 by the Ministry of Health and Long Tem Care...

    Can an Online Physician Rating be Considered Defamatory?
    Can an Online Physician Rating be Considered Defamatory?

    August 22, 2019

    Introduction In the not-too-distant past, doctors were privately rated by their patients via word of mouth with friends, colleagues and family. Most of this opinion sharing remained contained and had little impact on individual physicians and their reputations. Now, however,...

    Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman Releases First Annual Report
    Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman Releases First Annual Report

    November 17, 2017

    The province’s new Patient Ombudsman, Christine Elliot, recently released the first Annual Report about the office’s initial year of operations, focusing on the complaints Ontarians have about the health care system, and on how she and her office will be...

    Ontario Physicians Encouraged to Embrace Digital Technology
    Ontario Physicians Encouraged to Embrace Digital Technology

    January 31, 2020

    The Ontario government is currently promoting the increased use of digital resources to manage patient bookings as well as medical records. According to Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott, the province is looking to allow patients to both schedule and meet...

    Ontario Creating Measures to Reveal Drug Company Payments to Doctors
    Ontario Creating Measures to Reveal Drug Company Payments to Doctors

    September 27, 2017

    Ontario is expected to announce plans to require pharmaceutical and medical device companies to disclose any payments made to doctors, health-care providers, or medical organizations. The legislation will force the companies to publicly report cash payments, free dinners, and any...

    Religion v. Regulation in Healthcare
    Religion v. Regulation in Healthcare

    October 11, 2018

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    Exercise Caution When Alleging Bias
    Exercise Caution When Alleging Bias

    December 20, 2019

    A physician began selling prenatal paternity tests to the public in 2001. The test was touted as being non-invasive, as it required only a sample of the mother’s blood and not tissue from the fetus itself. In December 2010, a...

    Report Finds that Seniors in Long-Term Care Homes are Two Times More Likely to be Prescribed Opioids and Anti-Depressants
    Report Finds that Seniors in Long-Term Care Homes are Two Times More Likely to be Prescribed Opioids and Anti-Depressants

    May 28, 2018

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    Structured Settlements in Malpractice Actions
    Structured Settlements in Malpractice Actions

    November 29, 2019

    What is a 'Structured Settlement'? When a person suffers a serious injury as a result of medical malpractice or another cause, they are often better served by an award that provides ongoing income rather than a lump sum. If someone...

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