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- 5/6/2020
Virtual care use ignited by COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the opportunity for Canada to go from “worst to first” in using virtual care and assessing its impact. That’s according to Dr. Sacha Bhatia, FM Hill Chair in Health Systems Solutions and the Chief Medical Innovation Officer at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and currently one of the country’s more eloquent advocates for virtual care. - 5/5/2020
Friendship in the time of COVID-19
- 5/5/2020
Pharmacists receiving short shipments as drug shortages continue
Health Canada has identified 27 drug shortages that could have a serious impact on the health system - 5/5/2020
COVID-19 burnout: Can-do attitude gives way to anxiety, despair for many
Eight weeks into Canada's coronavirus lockdown, and nerves are frayed. Anxiety is on the rise, as are calls to community distress centres - 5/5/2020
Chicago researchers question the use of delayed antibiotic prescriptions
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions do not improve patient outcomes and unnecessarily expose patients to harm - 5/5/2020
Details of CEBA for doctors
The Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA) is a gift for most small businesses with a payroll, whether adversely impacted by COVID-19 or not. - 5/5/2020
B.C. hasn't yet found contact tracing apps worth considering: doctor
British Columbia's top doctor says "everybody and their dog'' has come up with some kind of contact-tracing app for COVID-19 but the province hasn't found any that would meet its needs. - 5/5/2020
Free online crisis training available for frontline workers in pandemic
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has developed a set of three crisis response training programs designed to help essential frontline workers, including those in healthcare, to deal with the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.