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- 6/16/2024
Why are we not using evidence-informed workload management in healthcare?
It’s not enough to tell staff, ‘Just add this data entry task to your routine,’ when those routines already include more hours of work than are available in a shift. This is healthcare, not button manufacturing; you can’t simply come back tomorrow and start the machines up again. - 6/13/2024
NAPRA removes ephedrine and pseudoephedrine from National Drug Schedules
The move means that the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities has now removed all products with Natural Product Number or Drug Identification Number-Homeopathic Medicine from the National Drug Schedules. - 6/13/2024
Canada Health Infoway considering charging pharmacies for PrescribeIT
The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada released a statement against only charging pharmacies for the tool, arguing that other healthcare stakeholders who benefit should pay as well. - 6/12/2024
Your AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots
Users of AI-powered chatbots for mental health may overestimate the therapeutic benefits and underestimate the limitations of using such technologies, further deteriorating their mental health. - 6/11/2024
The five most common e-prescribing errors: ISMP Canada
ISMP Canada found nearly 90 incidents linked to e-prescribing and community pharmacies over a five-year period. - 6/11/2024
Type 2 diabetes is not one-size-fits-all: Subtypes affect complications and treatment options
Although diabetes is broadly categorized into two main types, type 1 and type 2, each presents a diversity of subtypes, especially type 2 diabetes. - 6/10/2024
OCP to launch corporate pressure hotline
Pharmacy staffers are encouraged to call and report corporate pressures that impact their well-being or interfere with their ability to deliver patient care. - 6/10/2024
Animals self-medicate with plants—behaviour people have observed and emulated for millennia
When a wild orangutan treated his own wound with a plant that has antibacterial and antioxidant properties, the story was touted as a first. But there is a body of accounts from ancient to medieval times that describe self-medication by many different animals. - 6/10/2024
OCP releases statement around Sivajanan Sivapalan conflict-of-interest investigation
The investigation became public knowledge earlier this month when it was reported in an article from the Globe and Mail, which also said it had asked Sivapalan if he would resign from its board. - 6/9/2024
Doctors engage the public by bringing a human side to social media
Our new study shows that physicians feel it’s important to show their personal side on social media, presenting their “human self” as well as their “professional self.”