Healthcare

Alberta Opposition urges audit of failed provincial lab testing privatization plan
David Shepherd, the NDP’s health critic, says an independent analysis is needed, and that the United Conservative government can’t be trusted to transparently report what went wrong.
‘An egregious impairment of judgment’: Pharmacist used EHR data to contact patient on WhatsApp
Hao ‘David’ Yang has been suspended for three months and fined $3,500 by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.

First update to the rheumatoid arthritis ‘living guidelines’ is now available

Canadian Rheumatology Association issues best practice statements and recommendation for choosing DMARD therapy after an inadequate response to TNF inhibitors.
Not so fast, doc: Physician signed death certificate one year before patient died

Dr. Michelle Ciach has been suspended for six months and ordered to pay $5,000 in investigation and hearing costs to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
NAPRA creates new website to help international pharmacy graduates

The Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada for International Pharmacists helps guide pharmacists through Canadian regulations and requirements.
Whippit, whippit bad: Why nitrous oxide abuse is no laughing matter

There’s evidence of substantial recreational use in Toronto and Montréal, according to a new study published in CMAJ. Symptoms from chronic use may look like mere vitamin B12 deficiency, but doctors should look more deeply.
Before the body says no

A recent incident at a Vegas conference reminds me that when you're too driven to stop and rest, your body will force you to do so.
University of Toronto offering tuition-free journalism fellowship to an Indigenous health professional

The fellowship runs from September 2023 to March 2024.
Can you pitch in? B.C. asks health providers to sign up for possible wildfire deployment

Signing up for the Emergency Health Provider Registry does not create an obligation to respond to emergency events, but it will help the province plan better as it close to 400 communities continue to burn.
Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments

Ancestral knowledge has resulted in some molecules isolated from plants becoming major therapeutic agents in modern medicine, and there is likely much more to come

Alberta Opposition urges audit of failed provincial lab testing privatization plan

‘An egregious impairment of judgment’: Pharmacist used EHR data to contact patient on WhatsApp

First update to the rheumatoid arthritis ‘living guidelines’ is now available

Not so fast, doc: Physician signed death certificate one year before patient died

NAPRA creates new website to help international pharmacy graduates

Whippit, whippit bad: Why nitrous oxide abuse is no laughing matter

Before the body says no

University of Toronto offering tuition-free journalism fellowship to an Indigenous health professional

Can you pitch in? B.C. asks health providers to sign up for possible wildfire deployment

Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments