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2012
February 2012
- What exactly is a PPN?
- GSC NEWS
- What's new across the country
- Community Giving Program
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January 2012
- What’s old is new again
- What’s New? Taxes, taxes, taxes
- The hepatitis C virus: A case of Where’s Waldo?
- Community Giving Program
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2011
December 2011
- Introducing the new GSC
- Ready, set, click - check out greenshield.ca today!
- Another innovation allows pharmacists to improve patient care and safety
- Community Giving Program - Focus on Kids Help Phone
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November 2011
- Is it health care or is it travel?
- Myth: medical and dental tourism is for people without coverage…
- British Columbians receive support to kick the habit
- GSC’s Community Giving Program - Memory Fit Program
- New and Events
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October 2011
- Non-compliance is more often the rule than the exception…
- Improving compliance is in everyone’s best interest…
- More on butting out
- Community Giving Program – Canadian National Institute for the Blind
- News and Events
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September 2011
- Data provides the breath of fresh air your plan needs
- What’s going on out there these days? Surprise – the answer is drugs!
- Community Giving Program
- News and Events
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July/August 2011
- More from the Drug Trends Study
- Today’s trends and the future of health care delivery
- Community Giving Program
- News and Events
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June 2011
- More from the Drug Trends Study 2010
- Healthy eating habits may be easier than you think
- Summer is in the air with hot happenings across Canada…
- News and Events
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May 2011
- Year-over-year highlights
- Drug cost impact for Canada
- Community Giving Program
- What’s New
- Upcoming Events
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April 2011
- Arthritis at work
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Gum Disease
- Data fuels change…
- Focus on legislation
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March 2011
- The report on vitamin D and calcium
- New Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s)…
- Provincial drug reform check up
- Community Giving Program
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February 2011
- E-heath goes mobile
- M-health brings health care to you
- From health providers to plan members, m-health is contagious…
- News and Events
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January 2011
- Recognizing the need to turn the tide of dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease – Know the signs…
- Exercise our bodies – and our minds
- 2011: the year to take notice and take action
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2010
December 2010
- Weighing in on the prevalence of obesity…
- Prevent obesity-related health issues through broadening traditional approaches
- Plan Sponsor 2011 New Year’s Resolutions…
- 2011 Industry Best Kept Secrets
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November 2010
- The drug reform bottom line
- Alternative delivery options – but who pays?
- Theory in practice – Smoking Cessation Program
- The future of “who does what” is being rewritten
- GSC Social Surplus Program
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October 2010
- Technological innovation continues to touch us: an interview with Dr. Zieba
- Time to give your dentist a checkup!
- More changes, different province British Columbia moves toward lowering generic drug prices
- Events
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September 2010
- There’s no wonder Apple’s slogan is “there’s an app for that”…
- Googling “Health Apps” = 64,000,000 results
- The apps avalanche extends into the health care provider market
- The GSC Foundation Social Surplus Program
- Changes at the Régie de l’assurance-maladie du Québec
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August 2010
- Plantar-Fasci what?
- Don’t be a victim of fashion... The price tag of poorly fitting footwear is just too high
- Expanded role for pharmacists in Newfoundland and Labrador
- GSC continues to lead the way with new leadership – from familiar faces
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July 2010
- There’s pain, and then there’s Pain
- Narcotic pain medication misuse and abuse is one the rise
- Pain relief for pain reliever misuse and abuse
- Sherry Peister, a Canadian first
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June 2010
- A closer look at allergies
- Allergic Retinitis
- Demystifying Natural Health Products
- Ontario Drug Reform Update – Professional Allowances
- NHPs and your GSC Drug Plan
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May 2010
- Highlights of the proposed Ontario regulation amendments
- Impact on plan sponsors
- Alberta Drug Reform Update
- Cuban travel requirements
- New Harmonized Sales Tax in Ontario and British Columbia
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April 2010
- Alberta Pharmaceutical Strategy Phase 2 takes effect April 1, 2010
- Saskatchewan next to expand role of pharmacists
- Provincial dental fees increases
- In the chair with Dr. Zieba
- Exciting introductions at GSC
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March 2010
- Majority of employees – the walking dead?
- Zombies need not apply – there is no getting away with less sleep
- Administrative policy providers peace of mind
- GSC provider e-claims service turns five
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February 2010
- Defining Added Value: What is the ‘value’ in ‘added value’
- Changing our perspective on change
- Drugs over the internet: Buyers Beware
- In the Chair with Dr. Zieba – Dental Implants Defined