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- 1/8/2014
Blood-soaked C. diff video stuns Quebecers
QUEBEC | A short, blood-soaked video by a Quebec actor who lost his mother to C.difficile is raising awareness about the human toll that the bacterium continues to extract in hospitals across la belle province. - 1/8/2014
Canada fares better than the U.S. on value for healthcare dollars, but lags behind other developed nations
Canadians live longer than people in the United States. Specifically, women in Canada live an average of 83 years, compared with 80 in the United States; men live more than 78 years on average compared with 75 in the United States. Why is this the case? There are clear links between mortality rates and the way countries invest in healthcare and improving social conditions. - 1/7/2014
Saskatchewan aims to stop “DIN spinning”
More than a dozen fines given since 2010 for process where one brand is dispensed while claims are submitted for another. - 1/7/2014
Med student finds real aneurysm in standardized patient faking same illness
By their very nature, standardized patients aren’t supposed to be sick. - 1/7/2014
Sick of employee sick notes? Let’s get rid of ‘em: OMA president
HAMILTON | After dealing with mountains of paperwork and “28 years of frustration,” Ontario Medical Association president Dr. Scott Wooder finally decided to speak out about one of his pet peeves—employee sick notes. - 1/7/2014
Why wait?
Docs tell me I'll be as good as new in just a few months. I should have done this years ago! - 1/7/2014
Newfoundland and Labrador considering covering smoking-cessation drugs
Province one of only two not offering any subsidization for nicotine-replacement therapies and smoking-cessation drugs. - 1/6/2014
Top 5 issues U.S. pharmacists face this year
From Obamacare to tougher compounding rules, here's what your American peers will be dealing with in 2014.