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- 2/15/2010
A better way of funding hospitals?
Proponents of activity-based funding say it can reduce wait times and bring market discipline to healthcare financing. But Canada, virtually alone among industrialized nations, has yet to try it on a large scale - 2/15/2010
Remote access gets closer
Systems allowing remote delivery of healthcare will soon be the new normal. And people want them - 2/15/2010
Who leads green healthcare?
- 2/15/2010
Olympics: Endurance athletes more likely to have atrial fibrillation
But what's really interesting is the decades-long Norwegian study on cross-country skiers - 2/15/2010
Duckett to the rescue
After years of restructuring, Alberta has turned to an Australian pioneer of activity-based funding to revitalize its demoralized healthcare system - 2/15/2010
Healthcare breaks its trust
In 2009, Canada’s health system let the public down by abandoning the core principles of medicare - 2/15/2010
Turning healthcare green
Environmental initiatives in healthcare require the involvement of all staff and senior management, ‘green champions’ advise at a Toronto symposium - 2/11/2010
The Healthcare Interview: Making the care connection with telehealth
This year may be a memorable one for telehealth in Canada. The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada may determine that any doctor licensed to practise in any province can perform telemedicine on a patient in a province other than the one in which the doctor is located. This move could usher in an era of increased use of live communication technology to facilitate patient care, says Dr. Trevor Cradduck (PhD), president of the Canadian Society of Telehealth.