Healthcare

'Disproportionate, unfair' and speculative: Professions tribunal overturns college ruling
Dr. Diana Craciunescu committed a serious ethical breach when she failed to provide adequate care to an elderly patient with cerebral bleeding, ruled Quebec's Tribunal des professions. But banning her for life from emergency medicine was not the right call.
Top doc, top dollars: 47% raise puts Manitoba's public health chief on top of the pay heap
Dr. Brent Roussin's recent salary bump of almost $203,00—for a total of $634,303 between April 2021 and March 2022—'looks terrible' in light of Manitoba's dismal performance during COVID, said ethicist Arthur Schafer.

Common medication mistakes to avoid with virtual primary care

Drugs delivered to the wrong person, years-old prescriptions accidentally filled, and confusion over a tapering regimen that sent a patient to hospital are among the incidents highlighted in The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada's report on medication safety in virtual care.
Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan launches medicine take-back campaign to reduce suicides

Dangers of unused medications are highlighted in new public awareness campaign
Alberta pharmacists develop DOAC drug interactions management resource

Practice a tool compares drug interactions with the four marketed DOACs, focusing on interactions commonly encountered in thrombosis/cardiology-based practices
More MRI, CT scans being completed than before pandemic: Alberta Health Services

The province says it is spending an extra $11 million this year to reduce wait times for scans, on top of a $33-million increase from last year.
RBC acquires medical billing firm MDBilling.ca, financial terms not disclosed

MDBilling.ca services physicians in Ontario and British Columbia.
ParticipAction gives kids and youth a D for activity, F for screen time

The report's 15th edition is based on data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, when play dates, sports activities and gym classes ground to a sudden halt for many kids.
Case report: Could it be ringworm?

The family of a patient brought their 16-year-old daughter to our walk-in clinic yesterday, seeking treatment for her 'ringworm.'
Prostate cancer: a new treatment approved by Health Canada

The new treatment is indicated for men who have previously received at least one androgen receptor signaling pathway inhibitor and taxane-based chemotherapy.
Health Canada approves Keytruda for the treatment of certain melanomas

Anti-PD-1 therapy is currently indicated for adults and children 12 years of age and older.
A teen's 30-hour ordeal: A ruptured appendix, two ERs and not a single available ambulance

'Her fever was really high. Her heart rate was over 140. She was in agony,' the girl's mother recounted the nightmare that started in an Edmonton walk-in and took them through the clogged emergency departments of two hospitals.