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- 4/11/2013
Wolf EMR gains Infoway certification
TORONTO | The latest version of Telus Health's Wolf Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software (v2012.1), has achieved Canada Health Infoway EMR National Class certification. - 4/11/2013
Ontario College of Pharmacists given oversight of drug prep firms
The recent discovery that nearly 1,200 cancer patients received diluted chemotherapy drugs has the Ontario government scrambling to get regulations in place to govern private companies that prepare such medications. - 4/11/2013
Lupus patients often fail to get Pap tests
Screening falls short despite higher risk for cervical dysplasia - 4/11/2013
Quebec doctors say non-hospital MRIs should be covered by government
MONTREAL | Doctors in Quebec are calling on the provincial government to expand medical coverage to pay for ultrasounds and other imaging procedures when they are performed outside hospitals. - 4/11/2013
New Drug: Picato for actinic keratosis
New topical treatment is for non-hyperkeratotic, non-hypertrophic actinic keratosis in adults. - 4/10/2013
MRI an option for colon screening?
Technique has the advantage of avoiding radiation exposure - 4/10/2013
Manitoba proposes paid services
At the annual Manitoba Society of Pharmacists meeting April 6, pharmacists learned that a Reimbursement Proposal for Professional Pharmacy Services has been developed and is being examined by Manitoba Health. - 4/10/2013
Stigma stripped away at first Canadian youth mental health summit
Canada’s first student mental health innovation summit brought together some 200 students from across the country and proved that young people really do want to talk about mental health issues.