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- 10/22/2018
Antibiotic overprescribing is a bigger problem than you think: study author
A massive new study found that up to 46% of antibiotic prescriptions were not associated with an infection-related diagnosis - 10/22/2018
Former children's hospital executives charged with fraud, breach of trust
Two former children's hospital executives have been charged with fraud and breach of trust in relation to an expense scandal at Halifax's IWK Health Centre. - 10/22/2018
5 tips for deprescribing antipsychotics
- 10/22/2018
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the OMA meeting
- 10/21/2018
OMA council approves 'allocation-then-redistribution' mechanism at relativity meeting
Council capped the redistribution of overvalued specialist fees at a maximum of 1% per year, only to be used if allocation of pay increases doesn't address relativity - 10/21/2018
Ontario funding for flu vaccine causes confusion
Frustration and confusion: thanks to the unusual funding situation in Ontario for the new high-dose trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV) for influenza, those two words aptly describe how some adults aged 65 and older feel when they go to their pharmacy to get their flu shot this year. - 10/21/2018
Shoppers Drug Mart to begin tracking pharmacy performance
The metrics will be tracked according to standards set by Green Shield Canada - 10/21/2018
Foucault’s father: A brief personal and medical history
In the Birth of the Clinic, published in 1963, Foucault introduced the ‘medical gaze,’ a theory that suggested the way doctors view their patients is, by the very virtue of their work, dehu-manizing. - 10/21/2018
The unofficial rules for firing patients
Every doctor has considered it, but a few have even developed their own rules for determining when it’s time for a patient to go.