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People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan
The results of the study come as the New Democrats and the government negotiate the broad principles that will shape a federal pharmacare program.
Which pharmacists have the largest scope in Canada?
NAPRA's 2023 information shows which provinces' pharmacists can do the most—and who is the most constrained.

Nova Scotia fourth province to sign detailed health accord with Ottawa

British Columbia was the first to sign a one-on-one deal with the federal government in October, followed by Prince Edward Island and Alberta just before Christmas.
B.C. ditching pap tests for Canada’s first at-home self-screened cervical cancer plan

A localized pilot project that started in 2021 has shown that at-home screening for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, is more effective at finding pre-cancerous lesions and provides patients with fewer barriers compared with the pap test.
What’s working: SCOPE’s ‘secret sauce’ for supporting doctors who aren’t part of a health team

Launched in 2012, SCOPE boasts a 91% satisfaction rate among primary care providers and an emergency department diversion rate of about 82%.
Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada’s four key recommendations for new PMPRB guidelines

The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada says the PMPRB's proposed changes could have ‘profound consequences on pharmacy’s ability to sustain the delivery of medications, care, and services.’
What are these ‘emergency medical responders’ Nova Scotia wants to pair with paramedics?

A new profession is about emerge in the healthcare landscape in Nova Scotia—but are paramedics happy about it?
POLL: Are you using AI-backed tools?

Tools using artificial intelligence are popping up all over healthcare? Are you using them?
Pope Francis calls for a universal ban on surrogacy. He says it exploits mother and child

Saying a child is a gift and ‘never the basis of a commercial contract,’ he called for a global ban on surrogacy ‘to prohibit this practice universally.’
It’s not your imagination: Hospital patients getting more complex according to study in B.C.

Dr. Hiten Naik, an internal medicine physician and research fellow at the University of British Columbia, said policymakers need to invest more in hospital care teams that include pharmacists and physiotherapists.

People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan

Which pharmacists have the largest scope in Canada?

Nova Scotia fourth province to sign detailed health accord with Ottawa

B.C. ditching pap tests for Canada’s first at-home self-screened cervical cancer plan

What’s working: SCOPE’s ‘secret sauce’ for supporting doctors who aren’t part of a health team

Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada’s four key recommendations for new PMPRB guidelines

What are these ‘emergency medical responders’ Nova Scotia wants to pair with paramedics?

POLL: Are you using AI-backed tools?

Pope Francis calls for a universal ban on surrogacy. He says it exploits mother and child

It’s not your imagination: Hospital patients getting more complex according to study in B.C.

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