Healthcare ideas, policies, cases and best practices

Healthcare Quarterly, in association with Longwoods Publishing, brings you this microsite to highlight important topics facing healthcare leaders today. Periodically, this site will feature new content from Healthcare Quarterly, Longwoods.com, and other editor-selected information sources. All content on this page is presented free of charge by Pharmacy.ca

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Pharmacist's Perspective on Patient Needs (PDF)
Dipen Kalaria
Recommendations on research, regulation and funding based on accepting evidence beyond that found through randomized clinical trials.

Providing Services Globally: The Experience of an Internet Pharmacy (PDF)
Willem Wassenaar
Globalization of hospital-based medical services represents another step in the globalization of healthcare.

Inappropriate Prescribing Practices: The Challenge and Opportunity for Patient Safety (PDF)
Laurel K. Taylor, Yuko Kawasumi, Gillian Bartlett and Robyn Tamblyn
Adverse clinical events related to inappropriate prescribing practices are an important threat to patient safety.

Influencing Drug Prices through Formulary-Based Policies: Lessons from New Zealand (PDF)
Steve Morgan, Gillian Hanley, Meghan McMahon, Morris Barer
How expenditure management policies associated with a national formulary might promote savings on specific products or product classes.

White Papers and Case Studies

Cytochrome P450 2D6 Function and Tamoxifen Therapy in Breast Cancer: An Evaluative Survey of Canadian Cancer Care Agencies and Their Translation of Pharmacogenetic Research into Clinical Practice (PDF)

A Novel Ten-Step Titration of Patients Discontinuing SSRI's Shows a Reduction in Severity and Frequency of Withdrawal Side Effects (PDF)