When I collaborate with others, I find I can make the biggest difference and that drives me. There's something truly empowering about working with others to improve patient outcomes.
The Medical Post's sister magazine in Quebec recently examined the taboo subject of healthcare workers’ mistakes. Here is the final installment of the five-part series.
Out of shame or fear of damaging their careers, doctors do not easily talk about the professional mistakes they make. The start of a five-part series by the Medical Post’s sister brand in Quebec, Profession Santé.
As the healthcare professionals patients see most often, pharmacists have a critical role to play in identification of patients who should be referred on for assessment for COPD. Since the disease evolves slowly, changes aren’t as easily noticed and disease can be advanced by the time patients seek help from their physician.
A new study from Canadian researchers is providing hope for potential transplant recipients, especially those like Ostrander who have rare blood types or other physical factors that increase their time on waitlists.
