"The Ontario Pharmacists Association announced today that the Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Darby, effective January 27, 2017. Mr. Darby will take on a new role outside of the Association." More at: us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=52d9e9dfa66c8bca909aa4569&id=132fef0a97&e=9baff9d7eb "Caregivers can do several things to make the home safer for their senior mom or dad.
More at: www.agingcare.com/Articles/Falls-in-elderly-people-133953.htm?utm_source=InsightsNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=InsightsNewsletterDec "Sick and injured Ontarians are forced to wait far too long to be admitted to intensive-care beds and to undergo emergency surgery, the province’s Auditor-General says in a new report slamming the government and hospital bosses for overcrowding at big community hospitals. The excessive waits have harmed some patients, the report found." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/excessive-wait-times-at-hospitals-hurting-patients-ontario-a-g-finds/article33100229/ Editor's Note: I have noticed that the Auditor General has been releasing a lot of reports recently both healthcare and non-healthcare related....or in other words, A.G. is going H.A.M. -kenny Effective Sunday December 11, 2016... a new response message will be delivered to pharmacies after adjudicating claims for BGTS. The New Response Message is “Remaining Qty: #### until MMM DD, YYYY”. For example: “Remaining Qty: 100 until FEB 15, 2017”. This new response message will be an addition to the existing reject response codes sent to pharmacy systems after processing a BGTS claim. www.opatoday.com/OPDPNov30-Dec6#OPDP16149 "A Saskatchewan nurse who used Twitter and Facebook to express concern about the quality of care given to a family member in a nursing home has been found guilty of professional misconduct, according to a recent decision by the body that oversees nursing in the province. The case concerns posts by Carolyn Strom, a registered nurse who commented on Facebook in February of 2015. Her post both criticized and praised staff at St. Joseph's Health Facility in Macklin, Sask., about 250 kilometres west of Saskatoon." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/srna-discipline-social-media-nurse-saskatchewan-1.3880351 "Starting December 15, Ontario pharmacists will be able to administer additional vaccines to protect against 13 preventable diseases. This includes common travel vaccines for diseases such as Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, and Rabies. In addition, the flu vaccine will continue to be administered by pharmacists, free of charge." news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2016/12/ontario-making-it-easier-to-get-your-travel-vaccines.html Ms. Lum-Wilson comes to OCP from the Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), where she has served as Director, Health Systems Planning and Design since 2012. Prior to joining the LHIN, Nancy spent seven years with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care in increasingly senior roles. www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ontario-college-of-pharmacists-appoints-new-registrar-602901576.html Ontario’s health minister says he’s committed to improving safety in the pharmacy industry after meeting with the mother of an 8-year-old boy who died after allegedly being administered the wrong drug. www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/24/ontario-health-minister-vows-increased-transparency-for-pharmacy-errors.html From efficacy to safety, uncertainty to interchangeability, we explore eight issues regarding the awareness of biosimilar medications. With the recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a fourth biosimilar medication, these compounds remain a hot topic in many areas of medicine, including nephrology,[1] oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and rheumatology, as attested by the several biosimilar trials presented at the recent American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872115?src=WNL_infoc_161127_MSCPEDIT_TEMP2&uac=151849FY&impID=1240771&faf=1 In pharmacy school, you’ll learn about many, many different drugs, drug interactions, dosages, and loads of science. However, there are some (practical) things most pharmacy schools simply don’t cover. Here are 10 things I didn’t learn in pharmacy school that would’ve better prepared me for my job as a pharmacist: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/contributor/alex-barker-pharmd/2016/09/10-things-they-dont-teach-you-in-pharmacy-school?p=1 On November 13, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released the final recommendations and evidence summary for the use of statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults. The recommendations are available online at www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org Main points of the recommendations are as follows:
In a series of editorials, experts weighed in about the new recommendations. Their responses reveal the contentious debate about statins for CVD prevention and emphasize persisting gaps in the evidence base. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871837?nlid=110752_1983&src=WNL_mdplsnews_161118_mscpedit_fmed&uac=151849FY&spon=34&impID=1237367&faf=1 Research has already shown this test does not help beyond normal care. The NHS must stop wasting money on inadequately tested but popular political policies www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/15/sore-throats-pharmacies-nhs Sore throat sufferers will visit their pharmacist instead of their GP for an on-the-spot test to see if they need antibiotics under a new NHS initiative. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/12/sore-throat-test-pharmacists-instead-of-gps-under-nhs-move |
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