ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/1/2020
Fighting for a hand to hold: Confronting medical colonialism against Indigenous children in Canada
In the summer of 2017, I was the treating emergency physician involved in the care of two Inuit children from Nunavik who were transferred to the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) by Évacuations aéromédicales du Québec (ÉVAQ), the provincially run medical evacuation airlift service. The first child was a preschooler who fell off a moving all-terrain vehicle earlier that morning and was transferred to us with a suspicion of injuries to the abdomen and head. - 11/1/2020
Health Canada requests stronger warnings on 'Z-drugs'
Commonly known as 'Z-drugs,' these medications — used to treat sleep and anxiety disorders, some seizure disorders and to relax muscles or relieve muscle spasms — can lead to problematic use and substance use disorder, according to Health Canada. - 11/1/2020
New MediSystem location to open in Edmonton
Owned and operated by Shoppers Drug Mart, MediSystem pharmacies offer pharmaceutical dispensing and clinical pharmacy consulting services to the senior housing community and group home facilities. - 11/1/2020
OMA assures doctors privacy will be upheld in StatsCanada project
The purpose of the data gathering is to strengthen the associations bargaining position in relativity discussions with the provincial government, the OMA said. - 10/31/2020
Zoom and our health
- 10/29/2020
Cyberattack targets Montreal health agency, forcing it to go offline
Authorities put contingencies into place for 72 hours by printing hard copies of patient care documents or using USB keys. - 10/29/2020
COVID-19 testing from the front line
With some Ontario pharmacies starting to offer this service, it's brought up a lot of questions, challenges as well as benefits. As with any new service or change to workflow, pharmacies have had to plan, adapt and be agile to incorporate testing into their practice safely and efficiently. Let’s take a closer look at what COVID-19 testing at Ontario needs to take into consideration. - 10/29/2020
COVID-19 app updated to allow users to provide more precise timeline information
The update aims to provide app users with a better estimation of when they may have been most infectious to other, according to a press release.