The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place-Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings.

This paper investigates the impact of boundary spanning activities on building trust as a means of tackling health inequalities in hardly reached communities. Lack of trust has been identified as a barrier to engagement with healthcare services, resulting in poorer health outcomes. Engaging with hardly reached communities is challenging due to the social and symbolic boundaries prevalent in community healthcare settings.

Evaluating the Quality of Endometriosis Operative Reports among High Volume Endometriosis Surgeons.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of operative reports for endometriosis surgeries performed by fellowship-trained, high-volume endometriosis surgeons.

Methods: In this retrospective review, 5 consecutive deidentified surgical reports per surgeon were evaluated by two reviewers. Each dictation was assigned a quality score (between 0 and 28), based on the number of components from the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) classification system that were documented.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Practices in Minimally Invasive Gynaecologic Surgery: A National Survey.

Objectives: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways are evidence-based practices that minimize perioperative physiologic stress, reducing postoperative complications and recovery time. This study assessed the Canadian application of, and adherence to, ERAS recommendations during minimally invasive gynaecologic surgery, and identified barriers to ERAS uptake.

Methods: A self-administered cross-sectional survey was distributed to obstetrics and gynaecology residents, fellows, and attendings through 3 national listservs from February 2021 to January 2022.

Impact of the COVID-19 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act exemption on pharmacist prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines and stimulants in Ontario: A cross-sectional time-series analysis.

Background: Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Health Canada issued an exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) on March 19, 2020, enabling pharmacists to act as prescribers of controlled substances to support continuity of care. Our study investigates utilization of the CDSA exemption by Ontario pharmacists with the intent to inform policy on pharmacist scope of practice and to improve future patient outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a time-series analysis of pharmacist-prescribed opioid, benzodiazepine and stimulant claims data using Ontario Narcotics Monitoring System (NMS) data between January 2019 and December 2021.

Pharmacists' practices and views regarding management of sexual health in patients with cancer.

Introduction: Sexual health issues associated with cancer can significantly impact patients' psychosocial well-being and overall quality of life. These issues are frequently medication-related, placing pharmacists in an opportune position to manage sexual health concerns in patients with cancer. Currently, no literature exists exploring pharmacists' practices related to the management of sexual health in oncology patients.