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Press Review - January 17, 2014
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Flight of mercy takes ailing doctor home to die. Read this and - 1/16/2014
B.C. tech who provided OxyContin to alleged gang avoids jail time
Woman claims notorious gangsters pressured her into filling fraudulent prescriptions. - 1/16/2014
Ask the Private Drug Plans Expert: Closed PPNs bad for pharmacy?
Are closed preferred provider networks bad for the pharmacy profession? - 1/16/2014
Spotlight on: Monique Nicholson
Clinical support tech reflects on rewarding work in renal clinic. - 1/16/2014
'Turf war' brewing between doctors, nurses and pharmacists
TORONTO | A scope-of-practice "turf war" is brewing in Ontario as pharmacists and nurses push to take on tasks traditionally handled only by physicians. - 1/16/2014
B.C. doctor slams walk-in clinics
But local hospital district says walk-in clinics necessary piece of health-care puzzle - 1/15/2014
David Dodge on why healthcare costs so much
Dodge draws a distinction between medical technology and consumer electronics. While the healthcare industry continues to pump out new products, the price of the old technology doesn't come down as it has with consumer electronics such as computers and TVs. "Why hasn't the price of cataract surgery fallen by 90% with the introduction of new laser techniques?" - 1/15/2014
Jaydess: new levonorgestrel-containing intrauterine contraceptive
Intrauterine system provides contraception for up to three years. - 1/15/2014
Are you watching? : New TV series to show real life and death at Vancouver hospital
This month, a new, six-episode Canadian documentary, Emergency Room: Life and Death at Vancouver General Hospital, takes viewers behind the scenes for an unscripted, unflinching look at the busiest ER in the province. Doctors Gina Gill and Andrew Campbell spoke to the Medical Post about their experience working under the camera’s eye.