This summer, the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) is expected to begin implementing a continuous quality assurance (CQA) model for medication safety that will require members to anonymously report medication incident data to an external third party.
Pharmacists at the Beechwood Wellness Pharmacy in Kitchener, Ont. knew something was wrong when a regular patient showed up at the counter short of breath, sweaty and disoriented.
Ontario is setting up a new service for people seeking medically assisted death that will allow them to reach out for help directly, bypassing healthcare providers who object to assisted suicide on conscience grounds.
