Patient Care Trends

It's always been personal
I did not want my understanding of pharmacy to be limited to one country or one healthcare system.
Medical studies and research should ‘inform your professional judgment, not replace it,’ ACP tells pharmacists
New guidance from the Alberta College of Pharmacy urges pharmacists to question weak studies and avoid relying on information that doesn’t fit a patient’s situation.

I’m a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS—a 10 year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care

A disease’s name can have a significant influence on its diagnosis and treatment—or lack thereof.
Doctors and B.C. government extend labour deal by four years

A joint statement by the B.C. Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC says voting by more than 4,000 doctors on the deal ended Thursday at midnight with almost 92% supporting the deal.
Innovator: Meeting patients where and how they live

From community care to digital innovation, one pharmacist is working to bring social prescribing to pharmacy.
Photo gallery: Disney and Philips redesign the pediatric MRI experience

MRI rooms transformed into immersive environments.
Case report: Double trouble

Dr. Robert Dickson recounts an encounter with an older patient with an issue that was more complex than usual.
From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the U.S. describe medical neglect

An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention centre.
Modernizing family medicine: How AI and automation transformed my 40-year practice

By integrating automated pre-visit questionnaires, collaborative workflows, and AI-assisted documentation, a Toronto FP successfully reduced her admin burden.
Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris

Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions recover in a psychiatric hospital unit outside Paris that's unique to France.

It's always been personal

Medical studies and research should ‘inform your professional judgment, not replace it,’ ACP tells pharmacists

I’m a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS—a 10 year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care

Doctors and B.C. government extend labour deal by four years

Innovator: Meeting patients where and how they live

Photo gallery: Disney and Philips redesign the pediatric MRI experience

Case report: Double trouble

From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the U.S. describe medical neglect

Modernizing family medicine: How AI and automation transformed my 40-year practice

Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris