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- 10/7/2020
Quebec College of Physicians calls to ban use of EMRs for commercial purposes
The college said information within health banks in clinical fields should not be allowed to be communicated to third parties for research or statistical purposes without the patient's consent. - 10/7/2020
FPs as frazzled as their patients during pandemic
Family medicine is in a state of crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic which, eight months in, has totally disrupted primary care physicians’ ability to provide face-to-face, quality care. Things are so bad that while governments are urging everyone to get a flu shot to avoid a “twindemic” many have expressed their confusion about finding out where to get that shot, just days away from the time when people typically start getting them. - 10/7/2020
More provinces permit pharmacies to use private distributors for flu vaccine deliveries
The governments of Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario (for the greater Toronto area) are the latest to announce that pharmacies can get their vaccines through their private-sector pharmaceutical distributors - 10/7/2020
These crazy times
During SARS, I was frustrated with a patient who didn't tell the truth to the triage nurse at the door and endangered herself, myself and all those in the clinic at that time. I tried to understand her fears and even kept in touch with her for the next few weeks to make sure she got better. - 10/7/2020
New study on vaccine hesitancy in community pharmacists
CPhA survey finds pharmacists are good candidates for addressing hesitancy, however barriers to effective communication exist. - 10/7/2020
Healthcare professionals have a voice on social media, court rules
The decision noted that having focused solely on the critical portions of the nurse’s post, the discipline committee “failed to recognize that her comments were not only both critical and laudatory but were self-evidently intended to contribute to public awareness and public discourse." - 10/7/2020
Apple users can now access health records from three GTA hospitals through their iPhone
Health records from three Ontario hospitals—Women's College, St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton and Mackenzie Health in Richmond Hill—are the first to make this feature available to their patients as of Wednesday Oct. 7. Other health-care institutions across Canada that offer electronic records can sign on as well, according to Apple.