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- 5/21/2013
E-prescribing should be reality by 2015
After years of talk about the benefits and challenges of implementing e-prescribing in Canada, it looks like it could finally become a reality in 2015. - 5/20/2013
Alberta Health Services says nurse layoffs won’t affect 24 hour a day palliative home care
Alberta Health Services (AHS) said patients receiving palliative home care in Calgary will continue to receive the care they need despite recent nurse layoffs. - 5/20/2013
Press Review - May 21, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Canada’s Greenest Hospital. Read this and - 5/20/2013
New Indication for Xarelto: Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Treatment
The incidence of PE in Canada has increased significantly due to the widespread availability and sensitivity of equipment used to diagnose this illness. - 5/20/2013
Readers applaud Beth Israel Deaconess nurses who healed bombing suspect
I wrote in Sunday’s Globe about nine trauma nurses at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who played a very private but critical role in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing: They cared for gravely wounded suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a heavily-guarded ICU, nursing him back to health. - 5/20/2013
Home at last: South African doctor finally over legal drama
A South African physician who suffered through an extended medical malpractice legal drama in the United Arab Emirates is finally home. - 5/20/2013
Bus drivers and nurses most likely to be obese according to survey
A recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index poll found that bus drivers and nurses were more likely to be obese when compared to other professions. The sample consisted of 138,438 people ages 18 and over. It found that 36.4 percent of transport workers were obese. - 5/20/2013
Where have Europe's nurses gone?
Throughout Europe, the nursing profession is rapidly losing its appeal. An aging workforce and dwindling student enrollment in nursing schools are precipitating a looming nursing crisis.