ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 7/6/2021
How Ontario Health's new tool will help physicians easily find their unvaccinated patients
Family doctors are set to play a key role in getting their more reluctant patients vaccinated. But how can they find them and how will they bill for the task of ferreting them out? - 7/5/2021
Not just ERs: Alberta expands locations for ambulances to take non-urgent cases
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says too many times ambulances are lined up at ERs with non-critical patients waiting to receive care. - 7/5/2021
App allows patients to track health care data and connect with researchers studying their conditions
Zamplo's CEO was inspired by the difficulties in tracking health information from various professionals during his wife's cancer treatment. - 7/5/2021
Manitoba techs need College approval to do final check
The College says independent double checks are an effective process to reduce the risk of a medication error. - 7/5/2021
Are benefits plan sponsor-controlled pharmacies the future of virtual pharma?
An organization representing multiple employers with drug plans will be opening its own virtual pharmacy, as revealed by a presenter at the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy's recent Pharmacy Forum webinar. - 7/5/2021
Getting rid of cancel culture in the pharmacy profession
Provided you haven’t buried your head deep, deep in the sand as a response to 2020, you’ve probably noticed a few disturbing trends in the media. No, I’m not talking about the plethora of Tik Tok dances, although yikes, they are bad in their own right. - 7/5/2021
Six people injected with saline instead of COVID vaccine at Niagara clinic
The health unit says an end-of-day audit found six administered doses that had not been accounted for and that an additional vial of the saline diluent had been used. - 7/5/2021
USask med students object to placement option art 'crisis pregnancy centre' some see as anti-choice
The University of Saskatchewan college of medicine is taking some online heat for offering medical students a choice to perform a non-medical placement at the Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre. - 7/5/2021
OCS updates guidelines on post-consumer returns of controlled substances
Health Canada’s Office of Controlled Substances (OCS) has updated its requirements for post-consumer returns containing controlled substances.