Healthcare

A study published in the BMJ Open Respiratory Research journal performed a rapid systematic review of guidelines, policy documents and academic papers from international sources to determine how different healthcare practitioners categorized different procedures and their related need for specific PPE.

Healthcare workers want to know what Alberta Health Services learned from the initial outbreak at Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, but don't have access to the report.

Neurologist, Dr. Luanne Metz has established a political action committee, called Eyes Forward, to warn against the potential harms of allowing privatization in the system.

A new report on physician registration by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) suggests the expected physician exodus as a result of government policies has not happened. The provincial government was quick to praise the findings, but the Alberta Medical Association said that the numbers don’t reflect the bigger picture and are too early to capture physician departures.

Speaking at a virtual public health conference Wednesday, Njoo said collecting data on race and ethnicity for health purposes has been neglected for a very long time but everyone recognizes its importance now.