COVID-19

How e-prescribing has helped me find balance between in-person and virtual care
Dr. Soreya Dhanji started using PrescribeIT, Canada Health Infoway’s e-prescribing tool, when the pandemic began and finds when pharmacists have questions it is so much easier having the questions come right into her EMR.
'Meanwhile, socially and emotionally, they’re still children': Is COVID causing precocious puberty?
Doctors and researchers in some countries are reporting spikes in cases of idiopathic central precocious puberty–more than double the numbers from pre-pandemic years.

Pharmacy U Toronto a chance to re-connect and learn

Attendees at PharmacyU Toronto very quickly remembered what to do at an in-person educational conference: catch up with friends, learn and get inspired.
Toronto cancer hospital receives $50 mil donation in memory of late philanthropist
Taking COVID-19 testing to the next level

Toronto pharmacists evolve pandemic testing into a wide range of pharmacy services
Ontario NDP promises universal mental healthcare; estimate of $1.15B a year

In a campaign event Sunday, Andrea Horwath said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how broken Ontario's mental health system is, and people who need help shouldn't have to worry about the cost.
Major U.S. pharmacy chain to open robot-powered fulfillment centres

Centres can fill 300 scripts per hour, about the same amount as a typical pharmacy would handle in a day.
It's time for new tools to boost uptake of third doses, child vaccination: experts

When first and second doses became available, Ontario—and Canada at large—was the envy of the world in how quickly the population got vaccinated.
Canadian jurisdictions looking to decriminalize small amounts of drugs to curb overdose deaths

Since January 2016, almost 25,000 people have died from opioid-related causes, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, which compiles the data from all provinces except Quebec.
Alberta Health Services CEO Dr. Verna Yiu leaves top job a year before contract ends

The AHS board says in a statement the departure of Dr. Verna Yiu takes effect Monday but has been in the works for a while.

How e-prescribing has helped me find balance between in-person and virtual care

'Meanwhile, socially and emotionally, they’re still children': Is COVID causing precocious puberty?

Pharmacy U Toronto a chance to re-connect and learn

Toronto cancer hospital receives $50 mil donation in memory of late philanthropist

Taking COVID-19 testing to the next level

Ontario NDP promises universal mental healthcare; estimate of $1.15B a year

Major U.S. pharmacy chain to open robot-powered fulfillment centres

It's time for new tools to boost uptake of third doses, child vaccination: experts

Canadian jurisdictions looking to decriminalize small amounts of drugs to curb overdose deaths

Alberta Health Services CEO Dr. Verna Yiu leaves top job a year before contract ends