Best Practices

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.
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.
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.
N.S. acute and long-term care nurses reach deal offering wage hikes

About 6,000 nurses in Nova Scotia have reached a two-year tentative agreement that would provide them wage increases.
Vaginal delivery OK for twins

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