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- 9/18/2012
Good intentions and bad ideas for saving health dollars in Ontario
Following the loss of a legislative seat that his party held for more than 20 years, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak needed something and he needed it fast. It had to be big and bold. Hudak, taking inspiration from the RIM launch of the Playbook, rushed out with a promise to eliminate $800 million in what he called wasteful spending on a duplicative healthcare administration. Like the Playbook, the promising parts were lost in the naïve and untested aspects of what was proposed. - 9/18/2012
Collaborative project aims to connect patients with their information
TORONTO | The Connected Health and Wellness Project (CHWP) will be a people-centred and technology-enabled system making it possible for patients to keep health information from different hospitals or clinics in one place, and letting them decide who they trust to see that information. - 9/18/2012
New bariatric tilt table created in collaboration with hospital
NORWICH, U.K. | Working in collaboration with the Colman NHS Hospital in Norwich, British treatment couch manufacturer Plinth 2000 has developed what it calls an entirely new bariatric tilt table. - 9/18/2012
App being built to aid chronic heart, lung and kidney disease
VANCOUVER | The Centre of Excellence for the Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF Centre) and IO Informatics are partnering to develop new tools for clinicians to address chronic heart, lung and kidney disease. - 9/17/2012
Fertility doc who allegedly mixed up sperm gets hearing date
A fertility specialist from Ottawa is awaiting a hearing date with his provincial college after agreeing to suspend his practice of artificial inseminations. - 9/17/2012
Filipino hospital workers win nearly million-dollar settlement in California English-only case
Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California will share a nearly $1 million settlement in a lawsuit claiming they were targeted by a rule requiring English only at work, federal officials said Monday. - 9/17/2012
Operating room nursing shortage undermining surgeries in Montreal
A shortage of operating room nurses at the Royal Victoria Hospital has led to the delay of many operations. - 9/17/2012
Social cost of generic OxyContin abuse exceeds price savings
TORONTO _ New research by the Canadian Health Policy Institute (CHPI) suggests the avoidable costs of OxyContin abuse could exceed the savings expected from generic prices by up to $415 million annually. - 9/17/2012
Recalling nursing's golden days
The Regina General Hospital's 1962 nursing class is in the Queen City to relive golden moments.