Healthcare

Webinar to offer new tools to address medication safety through continuous quality improvement
Free online event Oct. 24 is presented by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada and focuses on making improvements in everyday processes.
MS Symptoms: muscle weakness
In this ongoing series, Nancy Banoub examines the symptoms of MS, their cause and outlines potential remedial steps that can be taken to help mitigate these symptoms. Feel free to share with patients.

Nova Scotia’s waiting list for family care dips about 15,000 people, to 145,144

Premier Tim Houston told reporters today he believes programs introduced by his government to attract and retain doctors have helped stabilize the number of people without access to primary care.
Is 65 the new 65?

The classic retirement age in Canada means basically nothing to doctors. But after 40 years in medicine, I’ve reached it. And I’m looking ahead to design the next chapter of my ‘usefulness.’
Who is most likely to experience harm in a Canadian hospital setting?

Mackenzie Health’s ‘zero harm’ plan appears to have dramatically reduced several problems.
2024-25 Flu vaccine may be less effective than 2023-24 vaccine, but still expected to significantly reduce hospitalization risk

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) makes prediction on vaccine effectiveness based on reports of how well the vaccine is working in five South American countries.
Moving numbers: MCC gets one step closer to a National Registry of Physicians as Nfld. starts providing data on docs

The full onboarding of data from across Canada is expected to take until summer or fall 2025.
Focus on vulnerable communities, improve data sharing before next pandemic: report

One of the six experts, Dr. Fahad Razak, says most scientists believe it’s ‘only a matter of time’ before another global health crisis hits.
Overuse of oral corticosteroids is common among Canadian patients with severe asthma

Frequent or prolonged OCS use can pose substantial health risks, but there are other options for severe asthma.
New guidelines bring ‘common sense’ back to opioid prescribing

New Canadian guidelines on opioid prescribing are out and Dr. Angela Mailis summarizes (and praises) these updates.

Webinar to offer new tools to address medication safety through continuous quality improvement

MS Symptoms: muscle weakness

Nova Scotia’s waiting list for family care dips about 15,000 people, to 145,144

Is 65 the new 65?

Who is most likely to experience harm in a Canadian hospital setting?

2024-25 Flu vaccine may be less effective than 2023-24 vaccine, but still expected to significantly reduce hospitalization risk

Moving numbers: MCC gets one step closer to a National Registry of Physicians as Nfld. starts providing data on docs

Focus on vulnerable communities, improve data sharing before next pandemic: report

Overuse of oral corticosteroids is common among Canadian patients with severe asthma

New guidelines bring ‘common sense’ back to opioid prescribing