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- 7/11/2013
Patients moan about $25 fee to transfer their files
When it comes to fees for moving patient files, how much is too much? An optometrist in southern Ontario is learning the hard way that charging $25 to transfer some medical records might be a bit rich. - 7/10/2013
OPA launches MedsCheck videos
Ontario pharmacists uncertain about how to conduct a MedsCheck have a new resource to help them integrate the publicly funded medication reviews into their everyday practice. - 7/10/2013
Video: Former owner of several pharmacies accused of sexually abusing boys
Some of the alleged victims were his employees. - 7/10/2013
Why is the doctor the 'bad guy' when dealing with elderly drivers?
When seniors reach an age where it’s no longer safe for them to get behind the wheel, doctors must sometimes be the bearer of bad news. - 7/10/2013
Shoppers Drug Mart founder awarded Pillar of Pharmacy
Murray Koffler, the pharmacist who founded Shoppers Drug Mart more than fifty years ago, has been selected to receive the prestigious Pillar of Pharmacy award by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy (CFP). - 7/10/2013
Baby boomers looking to right public health care, not drain it
Should we baby boomers be feeling guilty now that everyone else seems to have finally clued into the developed world’s worst-kept secret: there are lots of us, we didn’t have enough children of our own to replenish the taxpayer base, and we didn’t contribute enough in taxes to cover our future health needs as increasingly frail citizens. - 7/9/2013
Lac-Mégantic: Two medical clinics downtown spared, but still inaccessible
Two medical clinics located in downtown Lac-Mégantic were miraculously spared by the monster fire that reduced many buildings to ashes after the deadly train explosion on July 8; however, they remain inaccessible because they are in the disaster area. - 7/9/2013
A harrowing account of the Lac-Mégantic blast through the eyes of a doctor
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | “The sky was orange. It was like in a movie—a ball of fire, big explosions, flames, smoke and lots of people gathered in the street, in pyjamas.”