Marjo Johne
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/9/2021
Need a house call with your prescription? Mednow adds home visits to pharmacy services
By acquiring Medvisit—the country's largest provider of physician house calls—Mednow brings the 'last mile of healthcare' to its pharmacy-first strategy. - 8/9/2021
Telus Health app using facial recognition runs afoul of Alberta privacy commissioner
But Telus says it's complying with global privacy standards, with the Babylon app adhering to its U.K. security policy. - 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. - 8/8/2021
LET'S TALK: Ontario optometrists agree to mediation but still won't see OHIP patients starting in September
Until the Ontario Ministry of Health recognizes that the province needs to cover optometrists' cost of delivering eye care, OHIP patients are out of luck - 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. - 8/5/2021
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. - 8/4/2021
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.
