Healthcare

The Disciplinary Council of the OPQ has ordered a pharmacist-owner in the Jamésie region to pay $13,000 in fines for a series of negligent acts, while acknowledging the difficult day-to-day circumstances of her daily practice.

While the Ontario College of Pharmacists can't speak with certainty as to what drive the increase, one pharmacy lawyer says expanding scope of practice may be creating more opportunities for patient complaints (but not necessarily signalling a decline in care)

We're pleased to continue our tradition of sharing a series of minor ailment counselling tools prepared by the students in professor Nardine Nakhla’s Advanced Patient Self-Care elective. This week, tips for counselling on hormonal contraception.

Canadian aid workers on the ground say they are seeing positive improvements, with growing awareness of the outbreak, and receptiveness to seeking treatment. But cases just keep climbing.

The Newfoundland & Labrador Pharmacy Museum preserves the tools that shaped pharmacy practice in Newfoundland.

With signing bonuses and a new compensation model, recent efforts to ramp up physician recruitment are paying dividends.

Premier Wab Kinew says emergency department services in Dauphin, Man., should start again next month at a temporary facility.