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- 5/31/2023
Ontario has $4 billion more for healthcare than needed for current programs: FAO
In a special report in March, the FAO said the province was projected to be short 33,000 nurses and personal support workers by 2028. - 5/31/2023
How to post an online classified ad on Canadian Healthcare Network
You can make your classified posting available to Canada’s physicians, pharmacists and related healthcare professionals on CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca. - 5/30/2023
Claims up close: what fees are pharmacists paid for services?
Since 2012, the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy has collected information on scopes of practice for pharmacists, province by province, including the fees paid by governments and claims data. Click here to download our latest Services Chart, updated in January 2023. - 5/30/2023
Coming soon: MEDiocre Healthcare
Practicing medicine requires more than just acquiring knowledge or skills through training; it is a calling that requires innate talent, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam. - 5/30/2023
CPSA removes ‘accepting new patients’ designation from physician directory
The tool recently changed names from ‘Find a Physician’ to the new ‘Physician Directory,’ which otherwise includes the same info as its previous iteration. - 5/30/2023
Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC say
Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants and were reported by 25 state and local health departments. - 5/30/2023
What groundbreaking advancements can AI tools bring to the field of healthcare?
As pharmacists, we are cautious by nature, and recent concerns surrounding this new technology are certainly valid: Who gets to decide who controls the information that is being provided? How do we protect patient confidentiality if an AI tool is using patient data? How do we ensure that patients are receiving the right information and not being led astray by someone who has created a language model that provides misinformation? - 5/30/2023
Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits
Under the plan, members of the Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, which would become a new company known as Knoa, with its profits being used to fight the opioid crisis. - 5/30/2023
In B.C., Alberta and around the world, forcing drug users into treatment is a violent policy
Intervention without human rights goes by many names—involuntary institutionalization, compulsory drug treatment, “coerced care,” forced abstinence or a combination of all of those terms. - 5/30/2023
Pregnant people should be especially vigilant when wildfires pollute the air: doctor
Dr. Wee-Shian Chan, head of medicine at BC Women’s Hospital, said breathing in pollutants and toxic gases generated by forest fires takes particulate matter into the bloodstream and lungs, making it harder to breathe.