Vector Institute releases AI tool to detect and rewrite biased text in clinical notesThe free 'UnBias-Plus' acts as a spell-checker for bias, helping clinicians remove judgmental language before it impacts patient care or corrupts AI training data. Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years agoDr. Jonathan Marron, a pediatric oncologist who also teaches at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics, says such mix-ups should happen ‘pretty close to never’ nowadays. Senior patient becoming ill after chikungunya vaccine serves as important reminder The Alberta College of Pharmacy is emphasizing that patients must receive up-to-date risk information in order to get informed consent. Petition calls on Alberta to revisit new clinical billing cap for pharmacies The petition argues changes to the province's new pharmacy funding agreement could make it harder for patients to access care. B.C. gov’t urges pharmacies to keep more abortion medication in stock A recent study found one in three pharmacies in the province could not dispense mifepristone within three days of receiving a prescription. Supreme Court ruling confirms that physicians’ skills remain unpatentable Court upholds Janssen’s drug-dosing patent, preserving the status quo for medical innovations. Alberta to create 7 regional primary health corporations to ease administrative burden for doctors The province says these organizations will handle regional planning, funding agreements, reporting and coordination. People are swarming pharmacies for help with prescription renewal as N.B. promises to fix rocky virtual care rollout The province says it will simplify prescription renewals after patients and pharmacists reported problems with the new system. Health Canada will lean on trusted foreign regulators to speed up drug approvals The federal agency said the order is part of a broader effort to modernize Canada’s drug approval system and improve access to medicines. How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling? Yes, really. The simplest way to ease this pain is to go touch grass—that is, limit phone time or take short breaks in between scrolling spurts. First Previous 8 9 10 11 12 Next Last
