Marjo Johne
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/8/2021
Manna from heaven? It could be rabies vaccine bait if you’re in eastern Ontario
Don't touch or eat—not that you would—these blister-packed bait vaccines, which will be airdropped starting mid-August for foxes, raccoons and skunks. - 8/5/2021
No vax, no visit? What to know and what to do with unvaccinated patients
Physicians are divided over whether or not to see unvaccinated patients in person. In reality, the answer isn't up to them but rather to their provinces and regulatory bodies. Doctors can, however, control how they see and manage the unvaxxed. - 8/5/2021
Why this ‘mind-boggling’ personal pension is gaining ground with healthcare professionals and business owners
Higher allowable contributions, significantly reduced corporate tax and the potential to retire early with undiminished income are just some of the advantages offered by the personal pension plan. - 8/4/2021
How OkRx plans to bring specialty medicine services to every pharmacy
It all starts with technology that digitizes and streamlines every step of the complex administrative process behind every specialty drug prescription. - 8/3/2021
Nova Scotia pharmacists tick off additional services for Lyme disease
Faced with an unprecedented explosion of black-legged deer ticks, the province looks to pharmacists to help spot and treat Lyme disease - 7/29/2021
Complicated but good: Why this ‘mind-boggling’ personal pension is gaining ground with doctors
Higher allowable contributions, significantly reduced corporate tax and the potential to retire early with undiminished income are just some of the advantages offered by the personal pension plan — an innovative financial product designed to address the needs of incorporated professionals. - 7/28/2021
$13.4-million settlement proposed in fertility clinic class-action against 'baby god' doctor who used his own sperm
So far, 17 children are known to have been fathered by Dr. Norman Barwin without his patients' knowledge or consent, and 83 do not know the identities of their biological father. - 7/27/2021
DRUM ROLL PLEASE: Four winners earn $20,000 in total grants from Wellspring awards program
To recognize the efforts of pharmacists during the pandemic, the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy doubled the total funding amount for this year's awards. - 7/26/2021
Controversy over publicly funded surgeries in private facilities in Alberta
Like other provinces in the country, Alberta saw its backlog of surgeries get worse during the pandemic. Now it's trying to play catch up, but at what cost and for whose profit? - 7/26/2021
Free money in your piggy bank? That's what Nova Scotia PC leader promises doctors
If elected, the provincial Tories will pay doctors who have practised for 15 years or longer up to $15,000 a year in matching RRSP contributions, while new doctors with less than five years' experience get $5,000 a year, even if they don't put anything into their RRSP. - 7/25/2021
BITE ME: 'Joke gone bad' gets Alberta doctor suspended and on the hook for $27,000
Dr. Keith Oneil Martin, a family physician from Slave Lake, was found guilty of professional misconduct after he bit a nurse on the arm and used inappropriate language. - 7/25/2021
Toronto-based company wants to bring precision medicine to community pharmacists
Boasting 99.9% accuracy, Inagene's pharmacogenomic test kits can help pharmacists and physicians determine the most effective drug treatments, without the trial and error that many patients have to go through.
