Pharmacists help patients succeed in kicking the habitChris Oliveiro wants to help people kick the tobacco habit. His efforts aren’t going up in smoke. “Yes, we are making an impact,” says the pharmacist/owner of Springdale Pharmacy in Brampton, Ont. How I got started working with Saskatchewan’s trans and gender diverse communityI didn’t learn about hormone therapy in medical school or residency. And suddenly I had a patient before me who needed me to act as her endocrinologist because otherwise she’d need to wait another year. Practising self care for physicians Dr. Ginevra Mills, a reproductive specialist, tells us why self care matters particularly for physicians compared to other professions. Bringing surgeons to patients: Check out this Ontario hospital's surgeon of the week program Disgraced pharmacist on the hook for $300,000 in costs and fine loses bid to sue medical lab for $273,000 Pierre Rizk “was a maverick whose only goal was to prescribe drugs" concluded the Alberta College of Pharmacy, and he abused the prescribing privileges of the province's pharmacists. Alberta docs now allowed to bill for longer virtual appointments, related indirect care The changes took effect Jan. 1, 2022 and the province is set to evaluate the changes over the coming year. Home office tax deductions The pandemic may mean you qualify even though in most years you would not. A-TAPER: a new framework for de-prescribing of medications in older adults Assess medication use, Talk about risks versus benefits, select Alternatives, Plan next steps, Engage patient and Reduce dose. Can medicine survive modern society? Medicine needs three things to survive, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley: civility, logic and free speech. Things I learned in 2021 As the pandemic drags on into its third (!!!) year, here are a few lessons learned that have helped me to not just cope, but thrive First Previous 383 384 385 386 387 Next Last
