Healthcare

OkRx, a web-based system, is being offered by Toronto's Lawlor Pharmacy to help patients manage the patchwork system of coverage for expensive biologic and biosimilar drugs.

While the U.S. survey of more than 13,000 doctors found a lower rate of suicidal thoughts among physicians in 2021 compared to the previous year, it also underlined a deep-rooted need to constantly maintain an image of strength and infallibility.

The program will be jointly funded by the province and the SMA.

An undercover patient helped the FBI catch Dr. Andrew Berkowitz, who was also ordered to pay close to US$6 million in fines and restitution.

Rare, but it happens. Researchers used a database of SCD cases that were referred to the center for cardiac pathology at St George’s University of London between 1994 and 2020.

Study finds difference in humoral immunogenicity favouring Moderna vaccine is most evident in patients with the highest immunosuppression.

The CMA, CNA and CFPC presented their policy ideas to deal with the human resource problems plaguing the Canadian healthcare system.

Incidence in Black patients stable along with a drop in mortality. Results were published in JAMA Dermatology.