Patient Compliance

Updated Canadian guidance on influenza vaccine during pregnancy
NACI recommends that individuals at any stage of pregnancy should receive an inactivated unadjuvanted or recombinant influenza vaccine each influenza season.
Recall: Lot of Claritin for kids may be tainted with antipsychotic drug and cedar pollen
Questions about the recall for Claritin Kids Rapid Dissolve 5 mg should be directed to Bayer, headquartered in Mississauga, Ont.

Offering Opioid Agonist Treatment over the holidays? Here’s what you need to know

The College of Pharmacists of British Columbia is offering guidance around issues like pharmacies being closed during regular dosing times and prescribers being difficult to reach during the holidays.
Saskatchewan announces plan to address crowding in Regina hospitals

The announcement comes after the General and Pasqua hospitals in Regina broke the fire code.
Alberta commits extra $200M for family doctors, finalizes $1B health deal with Ottawa

‘This is stabilization money to keep those practices going:’ Dr. Paul Parks, president of the AMA.
Former Medical Post humour writer Dr. Alistair Munro dies

Halifax psychiatrist Dr. Alistair Munro passed away at the age of 90 on Dec. 1 at his home.
Pharmacist prescribing to improve blood pressure control provides high economic value

U.S. analysis estimates that improving blood pressure control through pharmacist prescribing could save $1.137 trillion (US) and 30.2 million life-years over 30 years.
‘Shook us to the core’: Patient misdiagnosed twice with ALS is a cautionary tale for family doctors

‘I'm sorry to say this: Family physicians should never be making a diagnosis of ALS because it's a diagnosis of expertise and a diagnosis of exclusion.'
Doctors, nurses call for reforms to prevent overcrowding in Canada’s emergency rooms

Dr. Michael Howlett, president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, said the group is expecting to convene a national forum next year.
Hundreds of foreign trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said almost all of the 666 IMGs registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with over half specializing in family medicine.

Updated Canadian guidance on influenza vaccine during pregnancy

Recall: Lot of Claritin for kids may be tainted with antipsychotic drug and cedar pollen

Offering Opioid Agonist Treatment over the holidays? Here’s what you need to know

Saskatchewan announces plan to address crowding in Regina hospitals

Alberta commits extra $200M for family doctors, finalizes $1B health deal with Ottawa

Former Medical Post humour writer Dr. Alistair Munro dies

Pharmacist prescribing to improve blood pressure control provides high economic value

‘Shook us to the core’: Patient misdiagnosed twice with ALS is a cautionary tale for family doctors

Doctors, nurses call for reforms to prevent overcrowding in Canada’s emergency rooms

Hundreds of foreign trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix