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- 2/21/2012
Templates for Ontario healthcare tendering being finalized
Common tendering and contracting templates for healthcare organizations in Ontaruio are being finalized by the Healthcare Supply Chain Network. The templates will be designed to help healthcare organizations establish consistent procurement practices and align with contracting principles under the Ontario Broader Public Sector Procurement Directive. - 2/21/2012
B.C. should scrap wage cut for hospital pharmacists
Many specialist pharmacists will disappear if the government does not rescind its planned 14 per cent pay reduction. - 2/21/2012
Nova Scotia extends free palliative drugs to all home-care patients
The program covers drugs recommended for coverage in the pan-Canadian Gold Standards in Palliative Home Care. - 2/21/2012
Caprelsa for advanced thyroid cancer
First drug to be approved for the treatment of rare thyroid cancer. - 2/21/2012
Poor handgrip tied to chronic disease
Handgrip strength appears to be more than a general indicator of muscle strength; it is significantly linked to chronic disease and multi-morbidity, according to researchers here. - 2/21/2012
Canada's poor infant mortality ranking misleading: study
Canada would rank higher in international child health indexes if measurements were standardized, according to a study by researchers from the University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University, McGill University, the University of Calgary, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. - 2/21/2012
Digital pen will facilitate entry of structured data into EMRs
With all the jokes about doctors’ poor handwriting, this news is intriguing: Nightingale Informatix, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) software and services, and ExpeData, a software company, are launching Clinipen, an EMR-integrated digital writing solution. - 2/20/2012
Reprimanded MD closes practice
- 2/20/2012
New program relies on nurses, NPs to ease ER traffic
A new program to ease emergency room traffic while providing health care for people who have trouble finding a family doctor is coming to Brant Haldimand Norfolk. - 2/20/2012
Video: RIBA the Robot to take over heavy lifting from nurses, caregivers
RIBA-II will soon be put to the test in nursing homes.