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- 3/21/2022
PPSA vote: Should doctors accept a bad offer to avoid a worse one?
Dr. Shawn Whatley has decided how he'll vote on Ontario's proposed fee deal being ratified or not this week. - 3/21/2022
Kidney health and pharmacists can go hand in hand
Have you ever seen something so serendipitous that you wonder if divine intervention really does exist? Those moments you know deep down are too perfect for even the most astute strategies? We all know that March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month in Canada. But did you know it is also Kidney Health Month for Canada? - 3/21/2022
B.C. expands eligibility for rapid COVID-19 tests to people over 30
As of Monday, there were 271 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 49 in intensive care. - 3/21/2022
Sharing is caring: Atlantic premiers talk single licensing system for healthcare workers, helping patients get care in neighbouring provinces
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey—a physician himself—said there was 'no reason' a healthcare workers licensed in one part of the country should be unable to practise in another. - 3/21/2022
Don’t drive buses without passengers
Leaders give choice in order to fill seats. Covid has opened our eyes to the creepy reality of elite sport on display live in front of no one. Empty stadiums, rinks, fields, studios, courts and pitches, all generating zero ticket revenue. It is analogous to an empty, lonely bus driving without passengers. - 3/21/2022
Returning to exercise postpartum: Supporting women’s physical activity after the birth of a child
Women who engage in postpartum exercise tend to have better mental and physical health outcomes. Benefits of exercise for new moms include weight loss, improved aerobic fitness, improved mood and increased social connectedness. However, physical activity rates tend to drastically decline after pregnancy. - 3/21/2022
Flood of physician retirements a concern for the CMQ
In just two years, the number of Quebec doctors who've hung up their lab coats has doubled—a situation that could be explained by pandemic fatigue observed among these health professionals. - 3/21/2022
Top tips to empower your pharmacy's staff
On the way to improving your bottom line, workplace experts, pharmacy owner/operators and others say employee empowerment increases productivity, improves integrity and customer service, provides for better inventory turns and control, and helps attract better employees. - 3/21/2022
Doctor describes what it's like to provide medical assistance in dying in new book
After more than 20 years delivering babies into the world, Dr. Stefanie Green decided to specialize in delivering suffering people out of it. - 3/20/2022
COVID is not over—and it won’t ever be
Dr. Sohail Gandhi says the doctors in Ontario using #COVIDisnotover on Twitter and arguing for ongoing restrictions need to use a wider metric than looking at COVID numbers alone.