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- 6/29/2011
Look beyond ALC to understand wait times, says COA president
There is more to the wait-times problem than stranded alternate level of care (ALC) patients, says Dr. Ross Leighton, president of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association. - 6/29/2011
Ryerson announces health informatics certificate program
This fall, Toronto’s Ryerson University will launch a new certificate program designed for health or information technology professionals who want to move into the field of health informatics. - 6/28/2011
HIV killer has high libido and could reoffend if freed, Crown says
A man believed to be the first in Canada convicted of murder through HIV transmission has an abnormally high libido that could lead him to reoffend if he's eventually freed, court heard Monday. - 6/28/2011
Marketplace best venue for drugstore trendspotting
From space-age electronic head massagers that work while a person sleeps, to iPad-sized mini scales that enable on-the-go weight and body mass index monitoring, if it’s coming down the health and beauty pipeline, it was on display at Marketplace earlier this week. - 6/27/2011
Committee calls for Lakeridge Health to increase RN staffing
Nurses in the surgical unit took concerns about inadequate staffing levels, safe patient care to an Independent Assessment Committee. - 6/27/2011
Three decades since Terry Fox's death, his legacy remains larger than life
Three decades after his death, Terry Fox remains one of the country's most recognizable heroes. - 6/27/2011
Woodstock General completes construction
Construction of Ontario’s new Woodstock General Hospital has been completed on time and on budget. Now the state-of-the-art healthcare facility will begin preparations for occupancy on Nov. 20, 2011. - 6/27/2011
Manitoba releases women’s health strategy
Manitoba has announced a new women’s health strategy and broken ground on a new women’s hospital, scheduled to open in 2014, at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. - 6/27/2011
Coming soon: real-time HAI rates and costs
Providing healthcare facilities with real-time data on rates and costs of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) is the aim of a joint feasibility program launched by 3M Infection Prevention and RL Solutions.