Medical society joins call for stricter rules on vape products
The New Brunswick Medical Society is backing efforts by Health Canada to reduce the amount of nicotine manufacturers are legally allowed to include in their e-cigarette products.
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About 40 per cent of New Brunswick in grades 7 to 12 say they ve tried vaping
Posted: Feb 26, 2021 9:29 PM AT | Last Updated: February 27
Vaping products are currently allowed to contain up to 66 mg/ml of nicotine, according to Health Canada.(CCO/Pixabay)
A plan to automate doctor office patient records in New Brunswick failed to in its intended outcomes, that according to the Auditor General.
In July of 2012, the Department of Health contracted the delivery of the Electronic Medical Record program to the New Brunswick Medical Society. NBMS partnered with the consulting firm Accreon and formed a private company by the name of Velante Inc. to undertake implementation and operation of a single-vendor EMR program. The complex delivery structure was not in the best interest of New Brunswickers and weakened the department’s governance and oversight of the program.
The program was intended to automate doctor office patient records, but Kim Adair-MacPherson says “New Brunswick has one of the lowest adoption rates in the country, “New Brunswick’s adoption rate is 34 per cent, whereas some provinces are, BC for example is 91 per cent, Alberta 78, Saskatchewan and Manitoba 70 per cent and Ontario 75 per cent. New Brunswick is definite