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- 10/16/2018
Doctor suspended for one year for failing to follow-up with patient in critical condition
The doctor failed to respond to a call for nearly three hours, while one of his patients was in distress - 10/16/2018
Case Report: Athlete's hands?
This week I was presented with an interesting and puzzling hand and wrist rash. It was bilateral, patchy, somewhat symmetrical, slightly itchy, slightly scaly, with no raised border. - 10/16/2018
Heart attack patients often don't have the right pills on them. This little card is hoping to change that
The convenient wallet-sized pill holder is smaller than a credit card, which means patients are more likely to have it on hand in case of a heart attack - 10/15/2018
Good grief: The situation for doctors has gone to the dogs
The situation for doctors has gone to the dogs. If you're at all concerned about the health of the medical profession in Canada, it would be hard to envision a more disheartening, yet simultaneously maddening week than the one that just passed. Ontario, as always, came up with another episode of its World Wrestling-quality drama, and more on that shortly. But for once the shenanigans in Ontario looked to have been upstaged, this time by a conference on physician health that took place in Toronto. - 10/15/2018
Case report: Off the hook
- 10/15/2018
Three year old overdoses after pharmacy accidentally dispenses five times the morphine dose
The B.C.-based chain has apologized for the human error and says it will pay the family's medical costs - 10/15/2018
Opioid warning sticker–patient handout policy takes effect Oct. 20
Pharmacists must supply warning sticker and patient information sheet when dispensing most prescription opioids - 10/15/2018
What to know before investing in your practice
Thinking about growing and expanding? Whether you plan on borrowing money or using excess earnings, here’s what you should ask yourself first