Marjo Johne
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- 4/21/2022
Alberta rolls out new protocol for patient complaints
Access to patient records will be limited to what's relevant to the complaint, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. - 4/19/2022
$100,000 less a year: What pharmacies could lose on average with a fully public pharmacare
At the same time, Canadians could end up with even more limited access to medications if a wholly public pharmacare plan fails to deliver a formulary as comprehensive as what private plans today offer. - 4/19/2022
$5 million in fraudulent billing: Alberta Health wants doctor to pay it all back
Under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act, the government can charge up to 8 per cent annual interest on the amount owed. - 4/19/2022
Stranger than fiction: How one doctor solved a murder mystery that sent another doctor to life in prison
Dr. Vince Gilmer had admitted to killing his father and cutting off all his fingers. But the new doctor who took over his practice thought the case was not as open-and-shut as it appeared. - 4/12/2022
Coming soon: Cannabis clinics that put physicians and pharmacists under one roof
PBG BioPharma president and CEO Jacqueline Shan–who co-founded the company behind Cold-FX–said the new delivery model will make it easier for patients who need medical cannabis to get what they need in one location. - 4/11/2022
Forms, forms, everywhere a form
The digitization of forms is happening and that is going to save you time and money. Really. - 4/10/2022
My fake employee did it: Pharmacist who made fraudulent claims hit with 13-month suspension and $17,500 in costs
Rami Abdelmalek, co-owner of a Pharmasave in Ottawa, tried to pin misconduct on an employee who didn’t exist, according to the Ontario College of Pharmacists - 4/10/2022
Prescription for safety: First-of-its kind fentanyl program launches in B.C.
Concerns that patients of the new program, will resell their prescription fentanyl are unfounded, said Lisa McBain, co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, a network of families affected by substance abuse. - 4/7/2022
Pharmacist who left Canada amid a $7.7-million fraudulent claims lawsuit gets licence yanked
Sameh Sadek transferred millions of dollars of ill-gotten wealth offshore, according to court documents. When he and his pharmacist wife Lilian Fam fled to Egypt in 2018, they left behind millions more in assets that included four houses and luxury cars. - 4/6/2022
Sexual misconduct with two patients plus fling and aborted baby with sister of third patient add up to zero licence for doctor
Dr. Cuyler Burns Goodwin, a California psychiatrist, osteopath, surgeon and ketamine therapy practitioner, was charging US$900 for house calls where he allegedly spent more time with a patient's sister.
