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Press Review - July 9, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Busting out the latest beer belly remedies and research. Read this and - 7/8/2013
NPs leading house calls comeback
Standing in the kitchen, her stethoscope around her neck, NP Shelley Raymond holds Maria's left shoulder and slowly moves her arm upward. "Has this arm been bothering you?" Raymond asks the 87-year-old who has just finished eating lunch at her kitchen table, the radio chattering in the background - 7/8/2013
Pharma company supports research collaboration for transplants
MARKHAM, ONT. | Astellas Pharma Canada is partnering with the recently launched Canadian National Transplant Research Program, a novel research initiative that brings a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to advancing research and patient care in the transplant field. - 7/8/2013
Where are your voices?
Ken Burns' attempt to put the fate of the profession back in pharmacists' hands wasn't thwarted—the revolution was simply stalled. But he'll never achieve his goal without your support. - 7/8/2013
Getting rid of medical files destroyed by a flood? Not so fast . . .
The Alberta college is offering advice to physicians in the province dealing with flooded offices and destroyed medical files. - 7/8/2013
COACH updates privacy and security guidelines for health data
TORONTO | The 2013 Guidelines for the Protection of Health Information from COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association feature a major content update, enhancement of the special issues section that provides direction on emerging issues, and a new First Nations OCAP principles section. - 7/8/2013
Food diaries: a tool to help patients lose weight wisely
Get patients out of ‘autopilot’ mode and into food awareness - 7/8/2013
Video documentary: The Caretaker
This short documentary from the New York Times explores the tender relationship between a caretaker who is an undocumented immigrant and an elderly woman in the last months of her life. - 7/7/2013
New nurses find work with Vancouver Island Health Authority
It's not the "every Island grad hired" commitment made by former CEO Howard Waldner, but the Vancouver Island Health Authority continues to open its doors to nursing grads in the region.