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- 12/15/2022
Nova Scotia adds hundreds more beds to redevelopment of Halifax hospital complex
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston did not release a revised cost estimate for the QEII New Generation project, which was originally projected to cost $2 billion when it was announced in 2016. - 12/15/2022
Personal health information 'disturbingly' vulnerable: B.C. privacy commissioner
The report says the system's “entry gate'' is weak and the industry standard of multi-factor authentication for access is not universally required. - 12/15/2022
Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
Justice Minister David Lametti said during a news conference that the government has heard concerns the healthcare system might not be prepared to handle those complicated cases. - 12/15/2022
Virtual walk in clinics may contribute more strain to healthcare system: OMA
Researchers are taking a deeper dive on how pediatric outcomes are impacted by whether children have a virtual appointment with their regular family doc or a virtual-only clinic. - 12/15/2022
Sobeys parent company Empire says cyberattack expected to cost $25M after insurance
The security breach in early November left customers unable to fill prescriptions for four days. - 12/15/2022
Explainer: What flu strain is circulating now and why so many kids are getting sick
The Public Health Agency of Canada says it wants to achieve an 80% flu vaccination rate by 2025, but the uptake falls far short of that each year. - 12/14/2022
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‘Dr. Pharmacist?’
Pharmacists are about to start minor ailments prescribing Jan. 1 in Ontario but are they diagnosticians? What unintended consequences might we see? - 12/14/2022
A week into China’s easing, uncertainty over virus direction
Downtown Beijing was largely empty Thursday reflecting both the fact that many who are sick are staying home but also that others don’t want to venture out to avoid getting infected.