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- 5/30/2023
Doctors at Surrey, B.C. say staff shortages forcing ER docs to work ‘well outside their scope of practice’
A series of letters from doctors raising alarm about the management of patient care at a Metro Vancouver hospital has placed British Columbia’s largest health authority under scrutiny. - 5/30/2023
How can you recruit healthcare workers to your region if they can't afford to live there?
Trying to lure healthcare professionals to fill vacancies on the heels of the longest, most difficult days of a pandemic is difficult. - 5/30/2023
‘Poison in every puff’: Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes
The move, first announced last year, makes Canada the first country in the world to take that step aimed at helping smokers quit the habit. - 5/30/2023
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. - 5/30/2023
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. - 5/29/2023
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. - 5/29/2023
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. - 5/29/2023
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. - 5/29/2023
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. - 5/29/2023
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?