ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 1/23/2023

  Pharmacy U presenter Kristen Watt: Destigmatizing errors in pharmacy practice

  I am using this opportunity to tell you about my mistakes. To destigmatize mistakes. To hear from experts about professional practice, remediation, and discipline. To talk about root cause analysis and the true utility of being honest with yourself.
• 1/23/2023

  Pharmacy U presenter Victor Wong: Influenza and strategies for protecting older adults

  By the end of the presentation, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of the current state of influenza and the strategies for protecting older adults.
• 1/23/2023

  Doctor tells Law Society of Alberta that former health minister visited his home

  A trio of complaints against Tyler Shandro stem from his time as health minister early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 1/23/2023

  Details released: What does the new B.C. FP longitudinal care payment plan actually offer?

  Will $130 per hour for in-direct patient care and other features lure FP’s from hospitalist jobs, emergency shifts and specialized family care into longitudinal care?
• 1/23/2023

  Answers to FAQs on COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5

  Despite intensive public health efforts to grind the COVID-19 pandemic to a halt, the recent emergence of the highly transmissible, extensively drug-resistant and profoundly immune system-evading XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 subvariant is putting the global community on edge.
• 1/23/2023

  Partners of men with inflammatory arthritis at higher risk of miscarriage

  Inflammatory conditions may affect male fertility and pregnancy outcomes.
• 1/23/2023

  Network outage that affected some healthcare services in Alberta is resolved: AHS

  Doctors and staff at hospitals across Alberta went back to using paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during a network outage on Monday.
• 1/23/2023

  Rheumatoid arthritis patients have increased risk for glaucoma

  Study suggests autoimmune connection between both diseases.
• 1/23/2023

  Promising gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain

  When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn't crawl or babble like other kids her age. A rare genetic disorder kept her from even lifting her head.
• 1/23/2023

  Alberta government contracts out thousands of hip and knee surgeries

  Health Minister Jason Copping says more than 3,000 publicly funded hip and knee surgeries will be done at Canadian Surgery Solutions, an independent healthcare facility.