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- 4/8/2013
Demand for home care in Canada is exceeding resources: association
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. | The need for home care services in Canada is outpacing public funding. The result is service limitations, increased demand on family caregivers, unnecessary hospital visits or premature admissions to long-term care facilities. - 4/8/2013
Controversial MS treatment fails in first controlled trial
Findings cast shadow over larger Canadian study - 4/8/2013
Press Review - April 9, 2013
Check out our review of recent stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Toronto’s one-stop breast-cancer centre spans ‘whole spectrum of care’. Read this and - 4/8/2013
Alberta pharmacists: why spend $400,000 on ads about drug savings?
The Alberta Pharmacists’ Association and grassroots Alberta pharmacists are questioning why the Alberta government has invested in a province-wide radio and print ad campaign to tell Albertans that “Lower prescription costs are good medicine for you, your family and for Alberta.” - 4/8/2013
B.C. nurses among least likely to recommend their hospital
Nurses in British Columbia are among the least likely in Canada to recommend the hospitals where they work, according to a CBC News survey. - 4/8/2013
Ontario First Nation group to use Nightingale EMR
WIKWEMIKONG, ONT. | Nightingale Informatix, a provider of cloud-based electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, has signed a $3-million, five-year agreement with Giiwednong Health Link, a health and information management joint venture between First Nation health organizations for the communities of Manitoulin Island and the North Shore of Lake Huron. - 4/8/2013
B.C.’s proposed nursing changes slammed
At issue is legislation — passed but not yet in force — that would change the bargaining association for the province’s licensed practical nurses, who last year joined the B.C. Nurses’ Union. - 4/7/2013
Gondolier for a day
Take life by the oar and get the full experience of Venice’s amazing canals - 4/7/2013
Rural incentives may be failing
In N.L. study, half of those who defaulted on ‘return-for-service’ contracts were IMGs