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The pain of paperwork comes in many forms

Doctors buckling under the weight of administration work.
Neighbourhood Pharmacies event set to delve into universal pharmacare discussion in wake of federal budget

Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada hosts its next Advocacy in Action online event this Thursday.
Survey: Paperwork blues

The Medical Post's annual survey of doctors carried out at the beginning of the year saw 196 doctors responding, with half being family physicians. Here’s what they had to say when we asked about paperwork.
Saskatchewan expends eligibility for 4th doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Starting Monday, those aged 70 and older can get the second booster shot, along with those 50 and older who live in First Nations communities.
Templates, patients and scribes

Three doctors outline their different techniques to reduce your time on paperwork.
Don't get them started: Canada's worst forms

When it comes to paperwork, these are the baddest of the bad—at least according to a selection of weary docs.
Vitals: The paper/ electronic divide

We asked doctors which aspects of clinical practice in their main practice setting or institution are electronic.
As provinces ask people to manage COVID risks, experts say the public has less data

As public health measures have lifted across the country, several indicators of COVID-19 are rising all across Canada, driven by BA.2, a highly contagious sub-lineage of the Omicron variant.