Marjo Johne
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- 11/28/2023
Inject this, but not that: NL updates rules to allow general injecting for pharm techs while banning cosmetic procedures
For Newfoundland and Labrador pharmacists who weren't sure if they could inject Botox or fillers for cosmetic purposes, the province's revised standards deliver the answer. - 11/26/2023
B.C. in court against pharma companies in bid to certify opioid class-action lawsuit
Attorney general says lawsuit is 'novel approach' to holding companies accountable for alleged deception. - 11/23/2023
Banned from practice: Pharmacist gave 15 patients expired monovalent vaccines
Saskatchewan pharmacist Gordon Matthews later changed the vaccine consent forms to show he had administered the latest, bivalent version of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. - 11/23/2023
Doctor found guilty after ex-husband reports 'hundreds and hundreds' of pieces patient information uploaded to iCloud
In his email to the Collège des médecins du Québec, the ex-husband of Dr. Marjolaine Bourque also revealed he had shown some of the files to lawyers and journalists. - 11/20/2023
How much, you say? Severance pay for fired AHS execs could cost Alberta taxpayers millions
Alberta Health Services has fired its CEO and five executives. AHS has been mum on severance pay details but public data shows its former CEO, whose salary was about $584K, would get at least two years' pay. - 11/19/2023
Q&A with Medicus: Getting to know the new(ish) kid on the pension block
'One of the really cool things about Medicus is the plug-in of what we call longevity risk,' explains Simone Reitzes, managing director of the Medicus pension plan launched earlier this year by Scotiabank. - 11/16/2023
PHMP is leaving the building: Why the CPSA is outsourcing physician health assessment and monitoring
'Privacy has always been an important part of PHMP, and this new process will further safeguard the confidentiality of a regulated member’s personal and health information.' - 11/15/2023
Don't drink and drive . . . and then lie about it on your college registration
Saskatoon family medicine physician Dr. Kristyn Insley has been suspended for three months and ordered to pay $1,410 in college costs. - 11/9/2023
Is there a military veteran on your patient roster? Here’s what you need to know
'When a former soldier comes to the office, they will come with a 2,000-page medical file from serving everywhere and most primary care providers just find it difficult to manage these patients.' - 11/9/2023
Putting greens, a pub and art studios: Veterans find care and meaning in their final home
'Any way we can make whatever time they have left here with us as meaningful and full of joy as possible, we do it," said Sherry Frizzell, director of the veteran's care program at St. Joseph's Health Care London. 'it's a way for us to give service to people who gave so much for us.'
