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- 5/11/2011
CNA releases paper on harm reduction and illegal drugs
Coincides with arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada in support of Insite - 5/10/2011
Nurses recognize top Employers
This year’s top prize winner is Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. - 5/10/2011
The Healthcare Interview: Brian Forster waxes philosophical on eHealth’s future
Since 2005, CEO Brian Forster has guided OntarioMD, which manages eHealth Ontario’s electronic medical record (EMR) adoption program. His philosophy: If you make it fully functional, doctors will come—but we're not there yet. - 5/10/2011
Memorial University School of Pharmacy to award its first PhD
Mohamed Mahmoud's research involved new drug delivery system capable of providing more constant, sustained delivery of treatment for cancer. - 5/10/2011
AJHS campaign encourages disabled women to get a pap test
Many women with disabilities under misconception they do not need a test, others find physicians’ offices inconvenient, inaccessible. - 5/10/2011
B.C. scientists join European genome consortium
British Columbia scientists are now part of an international team compiling an enormous bank of resources for research into the functions of all known genes. - 5/10/2011
EHR system to connect Greater Toronto Area
Funding is now in place and work is underway on a $72-million plan to create a single electronic health record system across Toronto and the surrounding area. - 5/10/2011
50 years of MedicAlert in Canada
Fifty years after MedicAlert came to Canada, the company has more than one million Canadian members and says it continues to innovate when it comes to the way medical information is stored and communicated. - 5/10/2011
2011 Canadian hypertension guidelines released
Here's what’s new and key points that remain unchanged in the 2011 guidelines. - 5/10/2011
Wanted: IT innovations to improve healthcare
Canada Health Infoway is inviting Canadian innovators to join the ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge, which will run from September 2011 to March 2013 and offer financial awards to participants for achieving certain results.