Cultural Competence

At the Tesla Wellness Hotel and Medbed Center, about 45 minutes north of Pittsburgh, the enticements are nothing short of miraculous.

People get sick, it happens. But when we see obvious patterns like repeated incidents of staff calling in sick before a weekend or the same employee being sick on a weekly basis, there is some work do to.

We all know that lightbulbs work when negative electrons move to the positive terminal and in this case, a flow of ideas and actions improve patient outcomes.

The different perspectives we have acquired through our pharmacy careers bring value to the overall care that can be provided. But we must be willing to share the wisdom we have acquired, and more so, we must be willing to listen to the wisdom being shared so that it can produce the best value.

Provinces and territories determine not only the drugs to be reimbursed in their jurisdiction but also the conditions under which people can access them.

'Revocation ensures that the registrant cannot use his status as a licensed physician to bolster the credibility of his COVID-19 communications,' wrote the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal in its penalty decision for Dr. Mark Trozzi.

If they weren’t dolls they’d be at risk of serious injury, study says.

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