Patient Lifestyle

The court found Manitoba physician Dr. Arcel Bissonnette's testimony 'contrived' and portions of it 'fabricated.'

Think that disclaimer—the one that says your views are your own—will protect you from a college complaint? Think again, writes the Alberta College of Pharmacy, which recently updated its advice for pharmacy professionals on social media.

The study involved more than one million adult patients who had 25 common elective and emergency surgeries between 2007 and 2019.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly impact various aspects of retail pharmacies, offering new opportunities for efficiency, customer experience, and personalized healthcare services.

In the literature on medical errors there is a concept called the ‘Swiss Cheese Effect.’ This happens in real life, too.

Dr. Noah Ivers argues that a panel proposing CanMEDS be centred on social justice rather than medical expertise is poor policy.

Pharmacy is like a snow storm. During a heavy storm, we cannot keep up with the falling snow even with constant shovelling. We end up going about our lives, then dealing with the damage when the storm is over. The act of shovelling is put on hold until after the storm is over.

There are far too many times when a patient is diagnosed, a medication is prescribed, and the timeline to assess success or failure of the therapy is not defined in a timely or meaningful way. It is like a circle that is incomplete.