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- 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
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. - 5/9/2022
Pfizer to spend $11.6B on migraine treatment maker Biohaven
Pfizer will pay $148.50 in cash for each share of Biohaven, which makes Nurtec ODT for treating and preventing migraines and has a nasal spray under development. - 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
'We can do better': Families urge national autism strategy as report finds care gaps
Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, chair of the oversight panel that produced the paper, says the hurdles facing Canadians with the neurodevelopmental condition demand "a more collaborative approach.'' - 5/9/2022
How to train your dictation
- 5/9/2022
Feeling burned out, Doctor? Go north and get on the river
The best antidote to endless paperwork and mounting patient expectations in the midst of a pandemic may very well be a week in the wilderness on Canada’s great northern rivers. - 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
Judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis
How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages to help them ease the effects of the opioid crisis? - 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.