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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. - 9/17/2012
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
House calls by NPs, others increases satisfaction and cuts hospital admissions among elderly
A house call program may not always reduce health care costs in treating older adults with numerous chronic conditions, but there may be other benefits, according to the August American Journal of Managed Care. - 9/17/2012
Nurses have reunited in Hamilton for 65 years
John F. Kennedy has come and gone. The Korean War came and went. There have been 13 prime ministers and 12 American presidents, and still, the nursing class from Hamilton General Hospital continues to hold its annual reunion. - 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
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
A look at Nunavut’s nursing program
Nunavut’s new nursing students are enthusiastic about starting the first year of Nunavut Arctic College’s four-year nursing program.