Murray Koffler, the pharmacist who founded Shoppers Drug Mart more than fifty years ago, has been selected to receive the prestigious Pillar of Pharmacy award by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy (CFP).
Ontario pharmacists uncertain about how to conduct a MedsCheck have a new resource to help them integrate the publicly funded medication reviews into their everyday practice.
Dr. Mélissa Généreux has only been head of the Public Health Office at the Regional Health Agency of the Eastern Townships since July 2. Four days later, she was hard at work in the devastated area of Lac-Mégantic.
FREDERICTON | “Actuarial expertise and methods can help identify areas to lower healthcare costs,” says Jacques Lafrance, president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
TORONTO | The HealthAchieve conference and trade show has announced its lineup of speakers this year will include Colonel Chris Hadfield, Hélène Campbell and Sir Ken Robinson.
A few months ago, the hospital staff of Lac-Mégantic took part in an exercise code orange: an simulation involving a school bus accident. But overnight on July 6, the code orange was not a sham.
