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- 1/10/2023
Pharmacy U presenter Mike Boivin: Pharmacists can play a role in obesity & weight management
With the introduction of new and increasingly effective treatments, it is important for pharmacists to ask, engage and assist people with obesity. But many pharmacists and healthcare professionals don’t feel they have the tools and knowledge for effective management. - 1/10/2023
B.C. will pay fees, fund schooling upgrades to get more nurses in healthcare system
The changes mean internationally educated nurses will no longer be required to pay application and assessment fees upfront, which can be over $3,700. - 1/10/2023
Bell to drop five cent 'Let's Talk' mental health pledge in favour of $10M donation
Since its inception in 2010, Bell's Let's Talk campaign has raised more than $129 million for mental health initiatives. - 1/10/2023
EMRs are great but paper still OK too
All physician licensing authorities continue to state it is acceptable for physicians can keep records either on paper or electronically, notes health writer Pat Rich. - 1/10/2023
Pharmacists as diagnosticians and prescribers
With Ontario pharmacists getting minor ailments prescribing in Ontario, Dr. Jabir Jassam has some questions. - 1/10/2023
Nova Scotia man wants answers after wife dies following seven hour ER wait
Allison Holthoff died New Year's Eve after she was taken to the emergency room at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Amherst, N.S. - 1/10/2023
How to stay tax efficient when donating to charity
A look at charity tax credits, tax deductions, and other tax-saving ways to donate to the causes you value. - 1/10/2023
Toronto hospital network says systems restored, outage not a cyberattack
Initial reports about the outage sparked concerns about a possible cybersecurity breach after Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children suffered a ransomware attack last month. - 1/10/2023
Clinicians shouldn’t underestimate risks of antidepressant withdrawal: study
Some antidepressants appear to be more linked to withdrawal syndrome than others. - 1/9/2023
Toronto hospital issues 'code grey' as digital systems go down
The UHN outage come after the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto issued a “code grey” last month when a ransomware attack affected its operations.