Medication Management

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba noted several typical scenarios where use of anything other than a doctor's legal name can gum up the works.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says expanding registered nurses’ scope of practice gives people in Ontario more convenient access to care and will reduce wait times at community clinics and hospitals.

Study finds outcomes between the two are similar.

Pharmacist-led common ailments schemes are effective in many countries around the globe, a new report from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) says.

The funding is meant to help docs as the province transitions to a blended capitation model.

Tirzepatide, the first “twincretin,” reduces A1C and body weight in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Other changes include recommendations for de-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy in select patients and dual antiplatelet therapy post-CABG.

The province is the eleventh Canadian jurisdiction to implement a biosimilar switching program; only Manitoba and Nunavut don’t have one.