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- 5/10/2022
Social prescriptions: Why some healthcare practitioners are prescribing food to their patients
Hippocrates supposedly said, “Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food.” Now, almost 2,400 years later, the “food is medicine framework” promotes the idea that healthcare systems should offer food interventions alongside pharmaceuticals. - 5/10/2022
How COVID-spurred clinical assessment centres could become a new model for providing access to care
County councillors were told county paramedics began the transition from COVID-19 testing clinics to Clinical Assessment Centres over the past several weeks. - 5/10/2022
New guidelines for peripheral artery disease released by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society
Designed to help family doctors manage the disease, help prevent limb loss. - 5/10/2022
B.C.'s physicians and surgeons are highest COVID vaccinated group, naturopaths lowest
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday nearly 94% of practising and regulated professionals have received at least two doses of a vaccine or have a medical exemption from her office as of April 25. - 5/10/2022
Why would anyone want to be a family doctor?
Let's find a way to make family medicine the first-choice career or calling for more medical school graduates. - 5/9/2022
How to train your dictation
- 5/9/2022
National licensure among solutions CMA calling for to mitigate family doctor crisis
CMA president Dr. Katharine Smart called on governments to work with FPs to "reimagine" family medicine. - 5/9/2022
Minor ailments regulation changes approved, date set for when Ontario pharmacists can start prescribing
The changes apply to conditions from dermatitis to tick bites to UTIs. - 5/9/2022
Toronto's SickKids hospital reports seven probable cases of mystery liver disease
SickKids said its infectious disease specialists were on the lookout for patients with liver disease symptoms that could include new onset of dark urine, pale stool and/or jaundice, which can turn the whites of eyes a distinctive yellow colour. - 5/9/2022
POLL: As a pharmacy professional, are you considering making a career change?
It's now official: Burnout is a serious issue causing more than 70% of pharmacists to consider making major a career change. - 5/9/2022
'Not good enough': Ontario Liberals promise timely access to primary care providers
The Liberal leader said he would make sure everyone has access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner within 24 hours regardless of where they live, something he characterized as a basic standard that wasn't being met. - 5/9/2022
How well is Canada keeping up with surgery?
A new report from CIHI shows pandemic waves continue to impact wait times for elective surgeries—but we're getting better at weathering the impact on spikes in infections.