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- 5/16/2012
Video: Holland Bloorview recognized for evidence-based nursing care
Canada's largest children's rehab hospital marked the first day of nursing week on Monday, May 7 by celebrating an outstanding achievement—it become one of 14 organizations to receive BPSO status this year. - 5/16/2012
Bacterium linked with colon cancer
Finding could have implications for diagnosis and treatment - 5/16/2012
Closure of local pharmacy a worry for methadone patients
Downtown Pharmacy dispensary shuttered after pharmacist-in-charge stepped down. - 5/16/2012
Clowning around with fertility treatments
An Israeli study published last year suggested that “medical clowning” markedly improved embryo transfer after in vitro fertilization. - 5/16/2012
Saskatchewan increases primary healthcare funding
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced an additional $3.6 million to strengthen primary health care services across the province. Pharmacists are partially funded on some 26 to 29 central care teams of the more than 70 primary care teams in the province. - 5/15/2012
Most US hospitals lagging on electronic record goals
Fewer than 20% of hospitals in the U.S. have met the requirements for the first stage of a US$14.6 billion program to encourage doctors to adopt electronic health records (EHRs), reports the American Hospital Association (AHA). - 5/15/2012
Canada’s medical associations lash out at Ontario over fee cuts
Get back to the bargaining table—this was the message the leaders of Canada’s medical associations sent in an open letter to the Ontario government today, asking it to resume talks instead of imposing cuts on doctors and encouraging other provinces to do the same. - 5/15/2012
Hospital pharmacies cope with drug shortages
While government, health organizations and manufacturers across the country struggle to find a solution to ongoing drug shortages, hospital pharmacists are working around the clock to minimize the effects of the crisis on patients.