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- 11/2/2021
Pharmacy U presenter Carlene Oleksyn: How do we get patients to be more medication-compliant?
If we don’t involve patients in decisions about their own health, they will often make their own decisions, and it will be without the guidance of their healthcare professionals. - 11/2/2021
Ontario releases plan to eventually offer booster COVID-19 doses to everyone
There are 2.75 million people who will become eligible for boosters starting Nov. 6—those aged 70 and older, healthcare workers and essential caregivers in congregate settings, people who received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine or one dose of Janssen, and First Nations, Inuit and Metis adults and their non-Indigenous household members. - 11/2/2021
Women's health and your pharmacy
One of the topics we as pharmacists could/should get more involved in is vaginal health.I can tell your eyes are popping out as you are reading this: What is she talking about now? I cannot start this conversation; I do not know even why this would be my responsibility any way. - 11/2/2021
OPINION: The new NACI guidance on third doses is both excellent and lacking
Dr. Fernando digs into what the science behind the NACI guidance actually says and highlights those its new recommendations leave out. - 11/2/2021
Class action proposed against BC pharmacy manager who allegedly reused syringe barrels giving COVID shots
It's unknown exactly how many patients could have been potentially affected. - 11/2/2021
AFMC bolsters its residency portal to help medical learners find programs in the wake of COVID disruptions
With face-to-face meetings less practical than ever because of the pandemic, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada wants to help medical learners to have an easier time accessing info on programs virtually. - 11/2/2021
COVID-19 pandemic made hospitals more vulnerable to cyberattacks: security experts
Five realities that endanger hospital cybersecurity today. - 11/2/2021
Ford says no to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for hospital workers
He says the government looked at those responses and at "real-world evidence'' and has decided to stick with its current approach, which allows unvaccinated workers to regularly get tested. - 11/2/2021
4 docs not co-operating with investigations into COVID practices: CPSO
Ontario's medical regulator says it is turning to the courts in an effort to compel four physicians to co-operate with its investigations into their practices regarding COVID-19. - 11/2/2021
Health Canada reviewing AstraZeneca antibody drug to prevent symptomatic COVID-19
If approved, it would be the first antibody protection of its kind in Canada.