Best Practices

EMRs do not decrease billings for family doctors
A new study suggests the old concern that adopting an EMR will add extra work for family physicians and mean lower productivity over the long-term isn't founded in reality.
Life Sciences Ontario, Rx&D announce joint membership initiative
OTTAWA | Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) and Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) have announced a joint membership initiative for emerging biopharmaceutical companies and associated stakeholders in Ontario.

Tracking nausea/vomiting in diary helped health care team reduce symptoms

Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study.
B.C. study shows new HIV test helps reduce disease spread

VANCOUVER | British Columbia will be the first jurisdiction in Canada to use a new, more accurate HIV detection test.
Antiseptic effective against UTIs even at low concentration

More dilute oxychlorosene has fewer adverse effects, study shows
Health care workers may be immune to unemployment

Aging population means jobs in nursing, medicine and more.
History of Owen Sound nursing schools written

A retired Owen Sound nurse has compiled a 72-year history of nursing education at Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital School of Nursing and at its brief successor, the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing.
Ontario Nurses' Association calls for an immediate moratorium on RN cuts

Front-line nurses' union says that new CIHI study tells an alarming story
Alberta launches 2-year physician assistant program

As new numbers show that an increasing number of specialists are having difficulty finding work, Alberta is bringing in a two-year pilot project for physician assistants at hospitals and facilities.
16% of new specialists can’t find work: Royal College

Startling new employment numbers suggest the employment picture for specialists is getting worse, with slow job growth blamed on, interprofessional health-care models, poor workforce planning and delayed retirement among older doctors.

EMRs do not decrease billings for family doctors

Life Sciences Ontario, Rx&D announce joint membership initiative

Tracking nausea/vomiting in diary helped health care team reduce symptoms

B.C. study shows new HIV test helps reduce disease spread

Antiseptic effective against UTIs even at low concentration

Health care workers may be immune to unemployment

History of Owen Sound nursing schools written

Ontario Nurses' Association calls for an immediate moratorium on RN cuts

Alberta launches 2-year physician assistant program

16% of new specialists can’t find work: Royal College