ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/4/2012
Grassroots e-health change aim of February event
MONTREAL | Where can we solve the most pressing problems facing health care? According to the University of Alberta medical student Jeeshan Chowdhury, the answer may be at a “hackathon.” - 1/3/2012
Website showcases chiropractic advances by Canadians
The Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, a non-profit organization funding chiropractic research projects, has launched a new website with the goal of showcasing the work and achievements of talented Canadian chiropractic researchers. - 1/3/2012
With nurses, it's all about the patient
It's with great trepidation I venture into making my observations on the nurses involved in this program. I was warned by the dietitians (who took the blog about them rather well, I think) that the way in which I discuss nurses will be critical to my future happiness, if not my survival. - 1/3/2012
IRB Services fully accredited for protecting research participants
Institutional Review Board Services is the first fully independent, unaffiliated, Canadian-based research ethics committee to earn accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs. - 1/3/2012
What if...all nurses were utilized to their full potential?
Examination of success models shows that system would hugely benefit from allowing nurses to 'do what they can do' - 1/3/2012
Clip use at Montreal Heart Institute is Canadian first
The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute recently conducted the first clinical procedure in Canada using the MitraClip system, which is designed to treat patients suffering from mitral valve failure, a common heart defect. - 1/3/2012
Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital to build new patient care tower
St. Michael’s Hospital has announced plans to build a 17-storey, 250,000-sq.-ft. patient care tower in downtown Toronto that will contain five new operating rooms and relocate patient beds from an 85-year-old wing. - 1/3/2012
Global effort launched to create inexpensive diagnostic devices
Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up for a global effort to discover and develop affordable, easy-to-use tools to help health workers in developing countries rapidly diagnose diseases in rural communities. - 1/2/2012
CNA: Prime opportunity to map out Canada's health-care future is now
Guiding principles developed with CMA should be instrumental in January premiers' meet - 1/2/2012
Negotiations continue in Alberta
Alberta pharmacists are still awaiting word of the outcome of continuing negotiations with Alberta Health and Wellness.