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- 1/28/2013
Dr. Cal Gutkin’s retirement
- 1/28/2013
Nurses make proposal for docs' delegation of care
Nurses and doctors in Saskatchewan are vulnerable to lawsuits under an existing agreement that allows doctors to delegate their duties to nurses, their regulatory agencies say. The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) approached the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan's council last week in an effort to come to a new arrangement to solve the problem. - 1/28/2013
Room for better diabetes care
Few patients with type 2 disease and elevated cardiac risk achieve treatment goals - 1/28/2013
New AHS funding model leaves dozens of nurses out of work
48 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) employed by CapitalCare in Edmonton will be losing their jobs. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says it's due to a $3 million funding cut by Alberta Health Services (AHS). - 1/28/2013
No mention of HPV testing in new national guidelines for cervical screening
Ontario use of HPV test delayed until at least 2014 - 1/28/2013
When nurses become patients
I didn't figure this out until last summer. I was at a friend's place helping her move out some old furniture. Right after I lifted her hardwood coffee table, it broke apart, and the heavier piece dove straight onto my toe. After the initial shock, the pain hit, and then the picture was not pretty. - 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
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.