The toolkit was developed after Digital Health Canada performed an environmental scan of AI applications and found tools like ambient scribes were being deployed without a standardized method of evaluating them.
Newly appointed as chief pharmacist officer at the Canadian Pharmacists Association, the veteran pharmacist discusses burnout, primary care and why patients' access to pharmacy services shouldn't depend on where they live.
Despite some offices attempting to restrict patient to one issue per visit, I have found that many of those consulting our walk-in clinic have a number of issues, often with a written list.
The average number of patients visits that a family physician sees in a year went up 46.8% from 2011 to 2021. The number of lab tests per year increased nearly 70%, while referrals shot up more than 80%.
As a child, I walked from Kamwokya to Kitante Hill School every day. Those walks taught me endurance and to keep going even when the road was long and no one was cheering me on.
