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- 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
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. - 12/9/2012
Ontario to co-ordinate care of high-needs patients
The Ontario government is targeting high-needs patients such as seniors and people with complex conditions through the creation of 19 Health Links across the province. - 12/9/2012
Electronic medical records: Can EMRs adapt to the changing world of information technology?
Over the past few years, physicians across Canada have been making the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMRs) at a fast pace. By mid-2012, more than half of primary-care doctors had adopted EMRs, according to an international survey released in November by The Commonwealth Fund. But are doctors tapping into the full potential of EMRs? - 12/9/2012
Depression lands older men in hospital
But researchers unsure whether better psychiatric treatment would cut their health-care burden - 12/9/2012
New fee deal passes with highest voter turnout in OMA history—and deep specialist divisions
81% of doctors vote in support of new physician services agreement - 12/9/2012
Stribild: new once-daily single-tablet regimen for HIV
Drug is the first marketed HIV combination product to contain an integrase inhibitor (elvitegravir) and a new pharmacokinetic enhancer (cobicistat). - 12/9/2012
Quick Q&A with Dr. Rosemarie Schwarz
- 12/9/2012
Ontario medical students recognized with Takeda scholarships
The 2012 Takeda (formerly Nycomed) Family Medicine Scholarship was awarded to six students, one from each of Ontario’s medical schools, and the recipients were recognized at the Ontario College of Family Physicians’ (OCFP) 50th annual scientific assembly. - 12/9/2012
Second-generation collection set reduces needlestick injuries
CALGARY | During the first year of full implementation of a new type of winged blood collection set, Calgary Laboratory Services has seen its needlestick rate drop by 86%.