Doreen Day, MHSc, is a Senior Project Manager at Choosing Wisely Canada, overseeing Pan-Canadian Initiatives. With extensive experience in the health care sector, including at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, Doreen plays a key role in managing relationships with provincial and territorial […]
Sustainable Prescribing
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Gigi Wong, new Coalition adviser on pharmacy is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Quality with Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (LMPS) in Vancouver, BC, who strives to increase awareness of the pharmacy impacts on planetary health, and to inspire action towards […]
Clinicians can implement updated recommendations on dose and frequency of iron supplementation that can have benefits for patients and help mitigate environmental harms from health care practices.
Physicians are encouraged to actively consider the environmental impact of medical interventions. Chief among these considerations is the environmental burden of medication development, production, and disposition. Addressing the environmental consequences of medication prescribing is a critical part of mitigating carbon […]