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- 3/27/2013
Quebec surgeon pleads guilty to negligence in appendectomy death
Says 'won’t be trusting nurses’ comments as much. I’ll be checking myself' - 3/27/2013
Great-West Life and Shoppers Drug Mart announce new health support programs
Pharmacists will offer diabetes support program, comprehensive medication counselling for eligible plan members. - 3/27/2013
Dermagraft for diabetic foot ulcers
New product is for use in the treatment of full-thickness diabetic foot ulcers. - 3/26/2013
Pharmacy braces for first six national generic price cuts
As the April 1 deadline looms for the national price point drop of six widely used generic drugs in Canada, pharmacists are bracing themselves for what are inevitably more changes ahead. - 3/26/2013
Board of Yukon Medical Council resigns in protest against 'dismissive' government
Protesting against what they called a lack of territorial support, the entire Yukon Medical Board resigned their posts last month. - 3/26/2013
NIHI announces health informatics courses for April
WATERLOO, ONT. | The National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI) has a course and a bootcamp set for April. - 3/26/2013
iTacit signs national distribution agreement with Cardinal Health
FREDERICTON | New Brunswick-based cloud technology firm iTacit has signed a national distribution agreement with Cardinal Health Canada. - 3/26/2013
Badges with RFID can streamline imaging workflow
Are you using badges with embedded radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips to monitor entry into restricted areas of the hospital? If so, those same badges now can be used to automatically log authorized users onto X-ray imaging systems. - 3/26/2013
Alberta doctors’ fight for survival: How bad does it have to get before we act?
After getting elected, the Alberta Progressive Conservative government has reneged on an agreement signed with the province’s doctors to continue negotiations regarding physician remuneration and the role of doctors in optimizing the healthcare system in Alberta. In December 2012, provincial health minister Fred Horne announced the cessation of all negotiations with doctors. He has since refused to enter binding arbitration at the recommendation of facilitators whose services he, himself, had agreed to. - 3/26/2013
Health Council suggests goals for improving Canadian healthcare
TORONTO | The Health Council of Canada’s newest report on quality improvement calls for the establishment of common and measurable goals to achieve quality improvement in Canada’s healthcare systems.