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- 8/5/2013
Press Review - August 6, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Squandering billions on health care. Read this and more. - 8/5/2013
Ontario omits newly regulated health profession from funding: association
TORONTO | With discussion continuing over changes to the way physiotherapy is funded and delivered to seniors in Ontario, the province’s newly regulated kinesiologists say the government is missing a big opportunity to incorporate this new health profession into the way services are delivered. - 8/4/2013
Metformin linked with reduced prostate cancer mortality
Doctors are testing diabetes drug’s antitumour effects in clinical trials - 8/1/2013
Regina hospital pharmacies under-staffed, says union
Hospital pharmacists are under-staffed in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR), according to the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) union. - 8/1/2013
Nurses to start following up with ER walk-ins who walk out
Eastern Health nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador will be using HealthLine starting next week to follow up with patients who leave the emergency room without being seen by a doctor to ensure they are receiving care they need. - 8/1/2013
Press Review - August 2, 2013
Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Doctors’ salaries are on the rise, but services per patients aren’t, report says. Read this and - 8/1/2013
Nurses unleash fury at Vancouver Island Health Authority over care aide replacements
How can replacing nurses with care aides increase patient care? - 8/1/2013
Big overtime payouts for nurses raises questions
The head of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union says it may be time to take a close look at overtime after four nurses in Cape Breton made more than $150,000 last year — more than twice a nurse's base salary.