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- 11/6/2012
Call me maybe: Windsor hospital CEO’s open-door policy includes his home phone number
WINDSOR, ONT. | Every time patients come through the doors of Windsor Regional Hospital, they get a letter from CEO David Musyj urging them to call him — even at home or on his cell phone — if they want to discuss their care. - 11/6/2012
Should MDs get privacy on 'sunshine lists?'
A Nova Scotia’s nurses group believes there’s a double standard in the way the province discloses salaries for public servants who make more than $100,000 per year, but leaves doctors off that list. - 11/5/2012
Video: SickKids launches fundraising campaign with emotional video
It’s a video that brought a theatre to tears in just 60 seconds. Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children launched its fall campaign before the stars of minute-long TV spot, including Antonio Albino, a 4-year-old cancer patient with a rare fungal infection who sings along to Roy Orbison’s “You Got It.” - 11/5/2012
ONA kicks off 40th anniversary celebrations
The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) kicked off its 40th anniversary celebrations today by revealing a new banner marking the milestone birthday. - 11/5/2012
Cancer gene testing gets speedier
Faster test results will influence cancer treatment decision- making, B.C. doctor says - 11/5/2012
Alberta health authority wants more nurses working full time to buffer looming staff shortage
Twenty-eight per cent of Alberta Health Services nurses work full time compared with 40.4 per cent provincially and 56 per cent nationally, say provincial health officials. - 11/5/2012
From premier's office to flower covered pink car
Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris and his wife Laura open Nurse Next Door home care franchise. - 11/5/2012
Health Canada advisory confirms US meningitis outbreaks not affecting Canadians
Fungal meningitis linked to contaminated health products from a US compounder is reported to have claimed the lives of 25 people and sickened hundreds in 19 states. According to a Health Canada statement, there have been no Canadian cases. - 11/5/2012
Apps promote cigarette habit