Chau Vien Linh Ngo should have clarified the unfamiliar abbreviations with the prescribing physician. Instead she erroneously dispensed a double dose of antibiotics to a patient undergoing hemodialysis, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.
A Q&A with Dr. Josh Greggain, the new president of Doctors of BC, on the rollout of the new FP longitudinal care payment model and ensuring the burden of forms on office-based specialists is examined too.
A joint statement Saturday from the Health Employers Association of B.C. and the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association says the tentative deal was reached with the assistance of mediator Vince Ready.
A rush of vaccines, virus tests and a busy flu season started overwhelming pharmacies more than a year ago, forcing many to temporarily close when workers weren't available.
The University of Waterloo’s Women in Pharmacy Leadership Program is celebrating the end of its inaugural year after hosting two events and creating nine mentorship pairings. It's also recruiting for next year.
Many Canadians go abroad to study medicine hoping to return to Canada but it isn’t easy. A health lawyer argues we should allow Canadians to self-fund their own residency by offering the funding to training hospitals.
