Marjo Johne
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- 2/29/2024
Speak up: Ontario regulator wants to hear about pharmacists' experiences with clinical services targets
The Ontario College of Pharmacists survey comes amid media stories of pharmacies imposing quotas on clinical services and a pledge by the Ontario government to probe possible MedsCheck program abuses. - 2/28/2024
Liberals take first step toward pharmacare with bill for birth control, diabetes meds
'This is a proof-of-concept opportunity to try (providing) two drugs on a universal, single-payer model,' says federal Health Minister Mark Holland. - 2/28/2024
Sleepless and depressed: Could this CBT-based approach help young night owls struggling with clinical depression?
Among young people with depression, 80% report late-night sleep patterns. Researchers at UC San Francisco compared transdiagnostic sleep and circadian intervention against psychoeducation focused on healthy lifestyle. - 2/28/2024
‘Although she asked for help . . . she did not get it’: Pharmacist found guilty of negligence says understaffing created risk for errors
Norma Adas-Ataya. who gave an infant double the prescribed dose of antibiotics, should have rechecked her work, said the discipline council of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec. - 2/28/2024
Ottawa repurposing $10.5B to hike spending on healthcare, housing over three years
Almost one-quarter of the funds being repurposed next year are coming out of the Department of National Defence. - 2/27/2024
B.C. college releases updated practice standard for MAiD
The latest version does not include revised provisions related to patients whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental disorder. - 2/26/2024
Revoked: Ontario surgeon pleads no contest to charges of sexually abusing two female patients
Dr. Gary Alan Rosenthal, who had privileges at three Toronto hospitals, was arrested in January and charged with sexual assault. - 2/22/2024
Fed up with fed forms? Let a central office take care of them, says CFPC
'There’s very little medical judgment that goes into completing the forms—we’re mostly asking questions and collecting pieces of information. Yet family physicians spend over 10 hours per week on these forms, often unpaid and at the expense of patient care.' - 2/22/2024
Should all information collected through virtual care count as personal health data? This study says 'yes'
The qualitative study, which looked at the data practices of commercial virtual care providers, found some companies used data analytics instead of physicians' recommendations to develop care pathways. - 2/21/2024
What's working: How this made-in-Canada solution helps more than 400 hospitals worldwide improve prescribing for infections and reduce antibiotic resistance
Having local information is critical because infections and the recommended interventions for them often vary from one region to another, said Firstline co-founder Michael Long.
