Patient Lifestyle

Pharmacist offers new evidence-based resource on how to improve microbiome with latest book.

In the pharmacy, there are countless ways of being a set-up person. For example, you can leave a proper note, count out the meds in anticipation of the door-crasher tomorrow morning, allow staff to make their own schedule within set parameters, give people freedom to make workflow decisions, do the dishes from the compounding sink, check your fair share of blister packs or organize the paperwork for tomorrow’s appointments.

If your experience is anything like mine, the ability to add value to our patients and customers is a seismic shift! I wish I could say it is just as easy as offering value-add programs, but it not. Adding value is an intentional effort to make a relevant impact in the lives of the patients we serve. Adding value is key to leading patients to better health.

The toxic drug supply linked to increased number of donors, especially in Western Canada.

Physician organizations seek input for the next iteration of CanMEDS, the globally renowned competency framework, slated for release in 2025.

The case for professional medical interpreters—and family members.

We asked doctors who are retiring and those just starting out the same three questions.

Medically assisted death rates in Canada have surged to the second highest in the world – and now MAiD for mental illness is to begin in March.