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- 4/4/2011
Banker should not review healthcare: Ontario unions
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), which represents 35,000 hospital staff across Ontario, objects to the appointment of former TD Bank executive Don Drummond as chair of the newly created Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, a position that will see him reviewing heathcare. - 4/4/2011
Will fee deal head up AMA-premier chat this week?
Recently signed ‘agreement in principle’ has been formally endorsed, but master agreement yet to be hammered out - 4/4/2011
Poor writing puts lives at risk: doc
- 4/4/2011
RNs call for an independent assessment of staffing levels
Oshawa surgical nurses worried about patient care. - 4/3/2011
Dalhousie ‘buddies’ welcome med school newcomers
Dalhousie University’s medical school is rolling out the welcome mat, launching an “ambassador” program for arriving medical students, residents and fellows. - 4/3/2011
B.C.’s $25 million RRSP bonus for doctors has strings attached
New length of service benefit model for doctors older than 60 paid on sliding scale - 4/3/2011
Convalescent plasma reduces mortality in severe swine flu cases
Patients with severe pandemic H1N1 influenza who were treated with a single 500-ml dose of convalescent plasma had a significantly lower risk of dying, according to findings from a study here. - 4/3/2011
Family health groups boost GPs’ productivity
But authors of Ont. study caution that effects of primary-care model on patient outcomes were not assessed