Finance & Capital Management

My top 3 leadership lessons to get started
Full disclosure: I am not now, nor was I ever, a pharmacist. But as they say: ‘some of my best friends are pharmacists’ and I sure got to know hundreds—thousands?—of pharmacists and their teams over my 27 years in pharmacy. I was proud and privileged to be entrusted with the leadership of an independent community retail pharmacy brand.
Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia
The new contract applies to workers in 185 different jobs, including physiotherapists, lab staff, psychologists, continuing care assistants, social workers and pharmacists.

High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick

Healthcare costs for projected budget are expected to be $164 million more than anticipated.
Alberta premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals away from AHS over to operators like Catholic healthcare provider Covenant Health

‘Because if our operator isn’t performing the services we need them to we’re going to take (the hospital) back.’
‘Unacceptable’: What happens when a health centre gets shut down because the centre itself is a health hazard?

Mould-infested Six Nations health centre cannot be saved, must be rebuilt.
Thinking of incorporating for the first time? First consider these three pros and three cons

Done with residency? That doesn’t mean incorporating right away is the best idea. Before diving in, consider these three benefits and three negatives.
‘Never ending arbitration’

Dr. Sohail Gandhi sees evidence that Ontario’s provincial government does not want to work with doctors.
‘My job is killing me’: New study shows healthcare workers are ‘running on empty’

Among the recommendations arising from the paper include increased funding alongside more staffing, higher wages, equitable workloads and a means of protecting healthcare workers, the majority of whom are female, from workplace violence and harassment.
A pharmacist-owner suspended for more than $200K in fictitious medication sales

The fake claims were made to Quebec's drug insurance plan.
Saskatchewan launches Innovation Fund to promote creation of team-based clinics led by family doctors

The fund is currently open for applications.

My top 3 leadership lessons to get started

Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia

High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick

Alberta premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals away from AHS over to operators like Catholic healthcare provider Covenant Health

‘Unacceptable’: What happens when a health centre gets shut down because the centre itself is a health hazard?

Thinking of incorporating for the first time? First consider these three pros and three cons

‘Never ending arbitration’

‘My job is killing me’: New study shows healthcare workers are ‘running on empty’

A pharmacist-owner suspended for more than $200K in fictitious medication sales

Saskatchewan launches Innovation Fund to promote creation of team-based clinics led by family doctors