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Pharmacists as diagnosticians and prescribers
With Ontario pharmacists getting minor ailments prescribing in Ontario, Dr. Jabir Jassam has some questions.
'Lack of judgement': Pharmacist mistakenly thought 'SS' meant super strength and assumed others would check for drug interactions
Chau Vien Linh Ngo should have clarified the unfamiliar abbreviations with the prescribing physician. Instead she erroneously dispensed a double dose of antibiotics to a patient undergoing hemodialysis, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.

Nova Scotia man wants answers after wife dies following seven hour ER wait

Allison Holthoff died New Year's Eve after she was taken to the emergency room at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Amherst, N.S.
Clinicians shouldn’t underestimate risks of antidepressant withdrawal: study

Some antidepressants appear to be more linked to withdrawal syndrome than others.
New Doctors of BC prez vows to push against forms, work on other issues

A Q&A with Dr. Josh Greggain, the new president of Doctors of BC, on the rollout of the new FP longitudinal care payment model and ensuring the burden of forms on office-based specialists is examined too.
B.C. paramedics, government announce tentative deal after talks with veteran mediator

A joint statement Saturday from the Health Employers Association of B.C. and the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association says the tentative deal was reached with the assistance of mediator Vince Ready.
U.S. drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems

A rush of vaccines, virus tests and a busy flu season started overwhelming pharmacies more than a year ago, forcing many to temporarily close when workers weren't available.
University of Waterloo’s Women in Pharmacy Leadership Program enters its second year

The University of Waterloo’s Women in Pharmacy Leadership Program is celebrating the end of its inaugural year after hosting two events and creating nine mentorship pairings. It's also recruiting for next year.
Canadians should be allowed to fund their medical residency

Many Canadians go abroad to study medicine hoping to return to Canada but it isn’t easy. A health lawyer argues we should allow Canadians to self-fund their own residency by offering the funding to training hospitals.
A kiss is just a kiss—or is it?

Dr. Gary Kinney explores the origin and usefulness of puckering up in the modern day.

Pharmacists as diagnosticians and prescribers

'Lack of judgement': Pharmacist mistakenly thought 'SS' meant super strength and assumed others would check for drug interactions

Nova Scotia man wants answers after wife dies following seven hour ER wait

Clinicians shouldn’t underestimate risks of antidepressant withdrawal: study

New Doctors of BC prez vows to push against forms, work on other issues

B.C. paramedics, government announce tentative deal after talks with veteran mediator

U.S. drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems

University of Waterloo’s Women in Pharmacy Leadership Program enters its second year

Canadians should be allowed to fund their medical residency

A kiss is just a kiss—or is it?