COVID-19

Autumn is around the corner—are your patients eager for their next booster? Are you?

Autumn is around the corner—are your patients eager for their next booster? Are you?

When Ontario pharmacy owner Mike Cavanagh pioneered an appointment-based model of practice in 2018, which is anchored by the synchronization of chronic medications to facilitate quarterly follow-ups with patients, little did he know he would be ramping up the model to new heights during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Life expectancy also fell once again from 81.7 years to 81.6 years. It had decreased in 2020 by 0.6 years.

The 2023 fall season could bring in higher-than-usual incidences of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID infections, according to an Ontario Medical Association panel. Are you ready?

CMA plans to focus on the topic this year with four town halls across Canada.

The province's health minister says Ontario will increase base funding for public health units by 1% a year over the next three years.

Signing up for the Emergency Health Provider Registry does not create an obligation to respond to emergency events, but it will help the province plan better as it close to 400 communities continue to burn.