Mastodawn

I just got a notification that the #VA is resuming the #Federal #EHR ( #Electronic #Health #Records ) #upgrade program, and there will be at least a 2 month long #disruption to some programs, and, for now, specifically naming #prescription #refills via #SMS will be offline until mid June.

Is anyone a #veteran under any health #benefits program, and you made it through the earlier regional upgrade projects? Any issues of note?

[ And, yes, this is legit, and not some scam/phishing nonsense. ]

CBC Health Apr 9

You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-hamilton-9.7156573?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 9

You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-hamilton-9.7156573?cmp=rss

CBC Technology Science Apr 9

You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-hamilton-9.7156573?cmp=rss

CBC Hamilton Apr 9

You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nature-prescription-hamilton-9.7156573?cmp=rss

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 26

I would have been po'ed if I had picked up the phone to a named virtual healthcare assistant. It is not a real person. They should stop impersonating one. Using human names, voices, and personalities for these AI automated systems should be illegal. It's fraud, imo.

Anyway AI... Read the drug script. This is a medication that is "PRN" which means as needed. I'm not filling medications that I don't need so your company can charge Medicare for medications. #AI #HealthCare #Medication #Prescription #Drugs

Richard Michael Blaber Mar 24

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/24/uk-vets-fees-pet-owners-bills-price-lists-prescription-fees. "The UK’s competition watchdog has ordered #vets to cap #prescription #fees at £21 & proposed a cost comparison website, after finding #consumers had faced huge #price rises & been 'left in the dark' over #bills."

UK vets face crackdown over fees as pet owners ‘left in the dark’ on bills

Practices must publish price lists, cap prescription fees and reveal if they are part of a large group, watchdog says

The Guardian

Global News Toronto Mar 19

Shoppers president met health minister as Ontario expanded prescription powers
According to notes, Health Minister Sylvia Jones was advised to tell the head of Shoppers she would be 'open' to working out how 'to make the best use of pharmacy professionals.'
#Canada #Health #Politics #Fordgovernment
https://globalnews.ca/news/11736938/ontario-health-minister-met-shoppers-president/

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MJ Ray Mar 18

@MikeFromLFE @brunogirin @RolloTreadway also, if your regular meds are now in 4-week packs instead of 30-day (because pharma companies are gougers who want to sell 13 month packs each year), you can get four 4-week repeat cycles on a three-month prepay if you are sharp on dates because the NHS still does the right thing even when pharma doesn't. I've never heard anyone official point that out.

#NHS #prepaid #prescription

CBC Canada Mar 16

Back to the fax? Doctors say Ottawa's plans to axe prescription software leaves them in limbo
A pair of Ontario family doctors say they may have to go back to sending patient prescriptions to pharmacies by fax because a federally funded agency is doing away with an electronic system, with no clear plans for its replacement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/prescribe-it-9.7127925?cmp=rss