Patient Compliance

Doctors frustrated by unpaid claims after Ontario pledged to honour expired health cards
Ontario announced in March it was extending the validity of drivers' licences and health cards to promote physical distancing at ServiceOntario locations. But Dr. Samantha Hill, president of the OMA, said after many doctors supported the move, the province hasn't followed up regarding related claims.
Pharmacists advocating for permanency of CDSA exemption
Since the pandemic struck last March, pharmacists have faced a multitude of challenges as they strive to maintain continuity of care. One change meant to help pharmacists better manage patients’ drug therapy is the federal government’s decision to issue a short-term subsection 56(1) exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). And pharmacists are pushing hard to make the exemption permanent.

Study suggests Ontario could avoid hundreds of hep B infections with newborn vaccine

How transmission happens between mother and child is not well understood but likely occurs in the third trimester, during labour and delivery, or in the first few months of life.
Ontario’s LTC COVID-19 commission calls for more staff, better ties to healthcare partners

In response to the staffing shortages, the commission recommended that in addition to increasing the supply of PSWs, the province should ensure LTC staff recruitment efforts are addressing the need for an appropriate mixture of staff to meet the "increasing acuity and complex care needs of residents."
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76% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have symptoms months later: study

Apart from symptoms, the research found 88% of patients studied had lung abnormalities.
Manitoba doctors worry patients are once again avoiding visits, immunizations
Medical cannabis users still feel stigma in the medical system

The survey of 1,000 Canadians found they most commonly use medical cannabis for anxiety disorder, depression, and insomnia.
Hundreds fewer detained over mental health crises with Peel's new rapid response teams

Peel's new Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams (MCRRT), which pair officers with mental health clinicians, have apprehended and taken to hospital just 22 per cent of the people in crisis they responded to between the teams' introduction in January and Oct. 1, according to new numbers released by Peel police.
Nanaimo man sets up website aggregating B.C. family doctors taking new patients

Don Gayton, an electrical engineer, started the crowdsourcing site nine months ago after he moved from North Vancouver to Nanaimo and had trouble finding a physician.

Doctors frustrated by unpaid claims after Ontario pledged to honour expired health cards

Pharmacists advocating for permanency of CDSA exemption

Study suggests Ontario could avoid hundreds of hep B infections with newborn vaccine

Ontario’s LTC COVID-19 commission calls for more staff, better ties to healthcare partners

QUIZ: Test your HPV vaccine IQ

76% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have symptoms months later: study

Manitoba doctors worry patients are once again avoiding visits, immunizations

Medical cannabis users still feel stigma in the medical system

Hundreds fewer detained over mental health crises with Peel's new rapid response teams

Nanaimo man sets up website aggregating B.C. family doctors taking new patients