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- 1/29/2013
Taking it up a notch with online Physician Forums
Dedicated area on site promotes physician engagement, education and enjoyment - 1/29/2013
Why Deb Matthews should (and will) continue at the health helm in Ontario
Deb Matthews, with three years plus at the helm of health, may yet challenge my tenure of 56 months as Ontario health minister. As I predict that Premier Designate Wynne will be skillful in avoiding an election, at least through the spring of 2014, it seems likely that Matthews will get awfully close. She deserves to stay on. - 1/28/2013
Mattress management program cuts rental costs for Kelowna hospital
Faced with escalating costs for renting specialized mattresses for inpatients prone to bed sores, Kelowna General Hospital has implemented a mattress management program that has reduced rental costs by 67% since its introduction in November 2010. - 1/28/2013
Bone tumour imaging goes multi-modal
- 1/28/2013
Ontario woman first in North America to get MRI-safe defibrillator implant
NEWMARKET, ONT. | Every year an estimated 1.5 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed in Canada and the number is growing at a rate of about 10% per year. At the same time, a soaring number of Canadians who rely on implanted defibrillators to keep their hearts beating are denied this valuable, life-saving diagnostic test despite a 50 to 75% probability that they will require one over the lifetime of their defibrillator. - 1/28/2013
Canadian liver group renews call for hep C testing
Survey shows GPs admit low knowledge of treatment - 1/28/2013
Cool in a crisis
Dr. Jeff Boyd draws on his medical and mountaineering experience to help backcountry guides handle emergencies in avalanche situations - 1/28/2013
Annual Osler dinner
- 1/28/2013
Nurse’s aide sent home for refusing flu shot
An Alberta nurse’s aide says she has been sent home without pay because she refused to get a flu shot over personal health worries, underscoring a growing clash between employee rights and the drive to protect vulnerable patients and senior citizens from the virus.