9/13/2019 ICES Western ICES faculty scholar Joy MacDermid named fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
9/11/2019 ICES Central ICES scientist Andreas Laupacis appointed editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
Toronto | 10/11/2019 Forty per cent of people did not visit a family doctor after being released from prison, finds study analyzing 2010 Ontario data About 60 per cent of people who were in Ontario’s prison system were seen by a family doctor in the two years after being released from prison compared to 85 per cent of the general population.
Toronto | 10/2/2019 Physicians who are high-prescribers of antibiotics may be high-prescribers of several other medications Doctors who are high-intensity antibiotic prescribers are more likely to initiate and continue the prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines and proton-pump inhibitors in nursing homes.
Toronto | 9/4/2019 Canadian and U.S. surgical patients filled opioid prescriptions at a rate nearly seven times higher than Swedish patients: study Patients in Canada and the U.S. who underwent one of four low-risk surgical procedures filled opioid prescriptions at a rate that was nearly seven times higher than patients in Sweden.
CTV News | 9/4/2019 | Article Seven times more opioid prescriptions filled in Canada than Sweden: study
The Globe and Mail | 9/4/2019 | Article Canadians far more likely to fill prescription for opioids after routine surgery than patients in Sweden, study shows
