Marjo Johne
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- 5/12/2022
National e-prescribing service gets big uptake with Alberta clinic group
The rollout of PrescribeIT in all 26 Medicentre clinics could open the door to adoption in other clinics owned by parent company ELNA Medical, one of the largest network of clinics in the country. - 5/12/2022
Doctor found guilty of spiking fellow physician's drink with ecstasy
Dr. Max Klein's actions sent his female colleague to an Edmonton emergency department, said the hearing tribunal at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. He's already been fired by Alberta Health Services and banned by the University of Alberta. - 5/9/2022
'Hopeful and optimistic': New OMA president is keen to tackle physician burnout
Certain aspects of the new physicians services agreement–such as improved pregnancy and parental leave–will, help, said Dr. Rose Zacharias. But others changes need to happen. - 5/8/2022
Alberta wants pharmacies to be ruled by college standards, not government regulations
The Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act advances a government agenda to modernize pharmacy regulation in the province. - 5/8/2022
Hang on, my employees have kids! What to know about accommodating staff returning from parental leave
No, don't fire and rehire so you can change your terms of employment. There are better things you can do, says Toronto employment lawyer Nancy Shapiro. - 5/8/2022
Not allowed to inject: Pharmacist who let unregulated staff give jabs is suspended and ordered to pay $12,500
Osuzawa Kester Edomwonyi's misconduct took place not once but twice, over a nine-month period. 'This was very concerning,' wrote the Alberta College of Pharmacy's hearing tribunal. - 5/5/2022
Time to pull the safety lever: Burnout in pharmacy is not a self-care issue but a workplace problem
Mental health support and resources to help pharmacists cope with their ever-growing workload are all very helpful. But it's going to take a lot more than that to bring real change to a profession that's buckling under the growing demand for its services. - 5/2/2022
Hang on, my employees have kids! What to know about accommodating staff returning from parental leave
No, don't fire and rehire so you can change your terms of employment. There are better things you can do, says Toronto employment lawyer Nancy Shapiro. - 5/2/2022
US$8.75 million awarded to family whose daughters were fathered secretly by fertility doctor
By comparison, in Canada 226 plaintiffs won just $13.4 million total in a class action suit against an Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm or the sperm of unknown doctors in the conception of at least 100 children. - 5/2/2022
Seriously, this isn't fake news: Penis grown on man's arm is now in the right spot
'Can you imagine six years of your life with a penis swinging on your arm? It's been a nightmare,' says Malcolm MacDonald, a British man who lost his penis to a perineum infection 12 years ago.
