ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/21/2022
Virtu(al) and vice: 22 thoughts on care in 2022
Does virtual care encourage convenience and low acuity encounters or does it improve access to quality care? - 4/21/2022
Nova Scotia government to release plan to address challenges in ailing health system
The Tories were elected last August largely on a single-issue campaign that focused on promises to address problems in healthcare. - 4/20/2022
What do sole overnight ER docs do all night?
After spending many years as a paramedic, Dr. Marty McNamara returned to his Ontario cottage country hospital as an overnight ER physician. - 4/20/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Jay Shah: "It is truly an honour to be trusted with someone’s health and wellbeing."
The role of pharmacy and pharmacist is evolving rapidly. With the advent of technologies like artificial intelligence, integrated virtual health, and automation, pharmacy capabilities and clinical breakthroughs will be immense. There is still so much to learn and experience, and being a part of this change is what continues to drive me. - 4/19/2022
Can pharmacists find joy in the day-to-day grind?
Courage to persist strongly regardless of how dirty the task allows us to outwork others. Pushing forward, notwithstanding the required sweat, provides an identity of tenacity that we grow to actually enjoy. The effort finds small wins in getting the hard things done by showing up each day and doing things right. For this reason, joy is found in the grind. - 4/19/2022
Unlike in the rest of Canada, free rapid COVID 19 tests not widely available in N.L.
Heather Elliott, a retail worker from St. John's, says many of her friends and family are scrambling to find take-home rapid tests. - 4/19/2022
Helping Ukraine
Ontario physician Dr. Iuliia Povieriena has turned her home and her life mission into getting medical supplies to Ukraine. - 4/19/2022
6 top tips to really see your pharmacy like a patient
Have you looked at your pharmacy the way a patient does? This is a key question Wayne Caverly of Caverly Consulting asks his clients. One pharmacy he worked with – an old-style drugstore within an even older grocery store – had not seen any serious updates since the 1970s. - 4/19/2022
CDC launches new forecasting center for infectious disease
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases—an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. - 4/19/2022
Are we foolish enough to bail on the fourth dose?
While more durable vaccines are in the works, until they arrive, we need interim protection from fourth doses of the same vaccine to keep people safe.