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Four health organizations have been recognized with Health Service Leadership Awards by Health Association Nova Scotia.

Government taking wrong approach to creating catastrophic drug program, health society says.

Focus on recovery is central, says chair of seniors committee for Mental Health Care Commission of Canada

Every Canadian should be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and everyone should respond and provide chest compressions, with or without mouth-to-mouth ventilation, whether they are trained or not.

One quarter of pharmacists now authorized to administer seasonal flu vaccine.

In celebration of Canadian Patient Safety Week (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4), Accreditation Canada has released its 2011 Report on Required Organizational Practices, which presents accreditation results from 294 Canadian health organizations that underwent accreditation in 2010.

Little more than a year after a new agreement was made, the three stakeholders are back at the negotiating table.

A report by AmericanEHR Partners suggests there’s a strong correlation between electronic health records training and satisfaction with any system, and an equally strong correlation between the usability of any EHR system’s features and the achievement of “meaningful use.”