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Payer-directed care and closed PPNs ‘pose potential risk of harm’: OCP
At a meeting, the Ontario College of Pharmacists approved the statement that rebukes closed preferred-provider networks (PPNs) and payer-directed care. They also discussed the rise of vertical integration, when groups like Telus or the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan own their preferred pharmacies. -
One anesthesiologist failing to follow infection control practices possibly exposed thousands in Oregon hospital
More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices, officials said.