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- 12/13/2022
Help patients hear about your pharmacy services
At least once a week, whether I’m delivering a seminar, working one-on-one with a client, or just responding to email, I hear some variation of the following statement: “I don’t want to send my newsletter / publish my blog / promote my service / talk about what I do too loudly or too often. I don’t want to be pushy.” - 12/13/2022
Nova Scotia surgical wait list currently at 22,600 patients, committee told
Although the new figure is down from 26,000 in May, deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse told the committee that major improvement will take time. - 12/13/2022
DRUG QUIZ: Chronic heart failure
In a patient suffering from chronic heart failure, which drug may worsen the condition? - 12/13/2022
Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children usually runs its operating room at 100% capacity. But on this day, six of its 16 surgical spaces are quiet. - 12/13/2022
'High risk' businesses in Ontario must have opioid antidote kits and training by June
Data from the province's coroner's office shows 2,819 people died from opioids in 2021. - 12/13/2022
Improving medication adherence with tech innovation
School of Pharmacy project pairs medication taking with new technologies to empower older adults to age in place. - 12/13/2022
Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long COVID
The recommendations presented by Mona Nemer came from a task force that was established in July to respond to post-COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID. - 12/12/2022
'I get yelled at a lot': An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
One child recently spent 36 hours in the emergency department waiting for an inpatient bed. - 12/12/2022
Trudeau says he's not willing to kick healthcare reform down the road any longer
Provincial premiers have called for a meeting with Trudeau for more than a year to discuss their demand that the federal government pay a larger share of healthcare costs. - 12/12/2022
Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress
The drugmakers said a potential skin cancer vaccine they are developing using the same tech behind COVID-19 shots fared well in a small study.