Marjo Johne
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- 5/31/2022
Speed it up! There's a platform linking primary care docs to specialists—and it's really working
A study of Ontario’s eConsult service found specialists provided an initial response within two days on average. In just over half the cases, the primary care practitioner originally considered a referral but did not go ahead with it. - 5/30/2022
An honest mistake with distressing consequences: Pharmacist gives contraceptive to patient trying to have a baby
While he was not looking to make excuses for his error, Kelvin Brière told the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec that he had been negatively affected by the pandemic, busier road traffic and the mood of patients, who could be difficult at times. - 5/30/2022
Your clinic, your rules: Clearing the smoke on employees who light up
Your staff's cigarette habit is actually a disability that's protected under human rights legislation. But what about the rights and safety of your patients and other employees? - 5/29/2022
Neurologist facing court proceedings in cases alleging sexual assaults against multiple patients
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has been criticized in media reports for covering up complaints against Dr. Allan Selig Gordon. But the CPSO says 'nothing was removed, nothing was secret. There was no attempt to hide things.' - 5/29/2022
Not like 'someone asking for Ivermectin': Doc who gave COVID jab to kids under 5 says parents knew what they were asking for
Over a three-month period in 2021, Dr. Christopher Sun administered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to more than 500 children under the age of five. - 5/26/2022
New owners, same faces: How one consolidator maintains continuity of care and retains staff after owners exit
'Owners know that when they sell their pharmacy to us, they’re leaving their staff and community in good hands,' says Care Pharmacies CEO Ali Reyhany. - 5/24/2022
Not in my pharmacy: Clearing the smoke on employees who light up
You counsel patients regularly about the dangers of smoking and have helped more than a few kick their nicotine habit. But you can’t seem to do anything about the smoker in your midst: a pharmacy team member who lights up regularly. - 5/19/2022
Cigarettes in a pharmacy? ‘Highly inappropriate’ but if you're in B.C, you can still buy cigs with your meds
A petition organizer is trying to change this. Leo Lavasseur said pharmacies shouldn't be profiting from cigarette sales while getting tax dollars for cessation programs and aids. - 5/19/2022
Forget fee-for-service: Doctors need a salary, says physician association
'The metrics for fee-for-service produces volume,' said Doctors of B.C. president-elect Dr. Josh Greggain. 'If you want to make sure the lights stay on, you have to see more and more patients, which limits their time with the provider.' - 5/19/2022
Don't cry, it will cost you extra
A New York medical clinic got bawled out on Twitter after a social media influencer posted a bill from a doctor's visit where her sister cried. 'They charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing,' Camilla Johnson tweeted. - 5/18/2022
Cardiologist who raped junior colleague in 'horrific' assault stripped of licence, hit with $124K in hearing costs
Dr. Syed Nasir Ali, who continued to practice after a 2017 civil court found him guilty and ordered damages and costs of almost $700,000, argued at his sanctions hearing that the assault happened 20-plus years ago. But the seriousness and impact of the assault are not diminished by the passage of time, wrote the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal. - 5/17/2022
Cardiologist faces four more accusers, additional sexual assault charges
Dr. Michael Stephen Connelly, a Calgary cardiologist, was charged earlier this year with one count of sexual assault after a complaint by a patient who saw him in 2012.
