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- 12/11/2012
Who is your patient advocate?
I always felt that as a nurse, patient advocacy was one of my central roles. But it is clear that not all nurses or physicians are able to take the time or feel that it is within their role. It is a difficult role, one that is fraught with challenges and being challenged. - 12/11/2012
Ontario house calls plan coming into focus with $10M boost
TORONTO | A plan to get more Ontario doctors doing house calls is coming into focus, as the government unveiled a $10 million plan that will focus on homecare for seniors and others. - 12/10/2012
Video: The moments that changed pharmacy... and pop culture
To mark the 20th Commitment to Care and Service Awards, past winners discuss 20 moments that changed pharmacy--and some pop culture highs and lows. - 12/10/2012
Most nurses use personal smartphones on the job: survey
About seven in 10 nurses in a survey said they use personal smartphones while on the job, but hospital information technology departments typically are not willing to support their devices on the hospital’s network. - 12/10/2012
Ontarians losing worrisome number of RNs: RNAO
The provincial government needs to inject an infusion of RNs into the health system if it's serious about meeting the needs of patients, nursing group says. - 12/10/2012
Managing risk in hospital design
How to deal with risk management issues that arise when procuring design services for hospital construction - 12/10/2012
Case study: Improving time to diagnosis
A multidisciplinary team at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has reduced wait times and improved care for malignant lymphoma patients - 12/10/2012
Keyword: Innovation
- 12/10/2012
Securing funding a hard fight for nurse practitioner
As useful as the position is, a nurse practitioner at a residential care facility is extremely rare in B.C. and is effectively an experiment that is running out of time. - 12/10/2012
Hacking cancer cells
A team of researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre is using computer modelling to develop new drugs for prostate cancer