Patient Compliance

GP disciplined over conduct with patient
A child’s illness forces a father to become a man
Agreement leads to new professional fees in Newfoundland and Labrador

Pharmacists now receiving payment for conducting medication management, reviews for prescription drug plan recipients.
Alberta pharmacies focus on error prevention

College helping pharmacy teams reduce recurrence of drug incidents, become competent patient safety advocates.
Atrial fibrillation guidelines: 2012 update

Update incorporates new evidence on stroke prevention and rate and rhythm control.
BC Transplant honours living liver donors

BC Transplant has presented “Gift of Life” medals to 39 living donors. The ceremony, held at Vancouver General Hospital, honoured those who have donated since the start of the program.
Bedbugs: Prevention, treatment, and public education

Prevention, eradication, and treatment measures and the educational role of pharmacists in maintaining patient well being.
CADTH Corner: Understanding generic drugs

CADTH has created a series of tools to help you understand and explain the facts about generic drugs.
Canadian private drug plans wasted $5 billion in 2011, says report

While drug expenditures remained flat last year, private drug plans in Canada wasted approximately $5 billion in drug spend for the calendar year ended Dec. 31, 2011, according to Express Scripts Canada.
CAPT Conference a hit in Halifax

This year's event one of the association's most successful, says its president.

Richest and poorest people in Toronto hospitalized for different reasons, researchers find