A new study suggests adding nonpareils—coloured balls of candy—to the coating of pills could create a unique pattern on each. The author has named it CandyCode.
The province is allowing more health-care providers to prescribe the antiviral and loosening testing requirements in an attempt to improve access for Albertans.
Mental health support and resources to help pharmacists cope with their ever-growing workload are all very helpful. But it's going to take a lot more than that to bring real change to a profession that's buckling under the growing demand for its services.
British Columbia has pumped a lot of money into urgent and primary care centres. But some dealing with the ramifications of a major doctor shortage in Victoria say they're less cost effective, can't provide the best care by their very nature and aren't the way forward out of this crisis.
