Best Practices

Baby boomers looking to right public health care, not drain it
Should we baby boomers be feeling guilty now that everyone else seems to have finally clued into the developed world’s worst-kept secret: there are lots of us, we didn’t have enough children of our own to replenish the taxpayer base, and we didn’t contribute enough in taxes to cover our future health needs as increasingly frail citizens.
Stateside point-counterpoint: Should NPs be able to treat patients without physician oversight?
The Wall Street Journal recently featured a point-counterpoint debate about giving nurse practitioners more autonomy.

Pharma company supports research collaboration for transplants

MARKHAM, ONT. | Astellas Pharma Canada is partnering with the recently launched Canadian National Transplant Research Program, a novel research initiative that brings a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to advancing research and patient care in the transplant field.
COACH updates privacy and security guidelines for health data

TORONTO | The 2013 Guidelines for the Protection of Health Information from COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association feature a major content update, enhancement of the special issues section that provides direction on emerging issues, and a new First Nations OCAP principles section.
Two projects approved under ON-QC life sciences research initiative

TORONTO | Two projects backed by Ontario Centres of Excellence are the first to be approved under an Ontario-Quebec life sciences research partnership.
Canada’s prescription drug coverage system urgently needs reform: CLHIA

TORONTO | With unequal pricing, rising costs and a patchwork of drug coverage offered to Canadians, the prescription drug coverage system is in need of a major overhaul, says the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.
Canada’s healthcare is not keeping up
Doctors working with nurse practitioners improves outcomes
Organic waste management primer for healthcare now available

BRANCHTON, Ont.| The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care has released its latest green best practice case study, Taking a bite out of organic waste, a primer for those working to make health service delivery more sustainable.
What your patients are reading - Week of July 1, 2013

Baby boomers looking to right public health care, not drain it

Stateside point-counterpoint: Should NPs be able to treat patients without physician oversight?

Pharma company supports research collaboration for transplants

COACH updates privacy and security guidelines for health data

Two projects approved under ON-QC life sciences research initiative

Canada’s prescription drug coverage system urgently needs reform: CLHIA

Canada’s healthcare is not keeping up

Doctors working with nurse practitioners improves outcomes

Organic waste management primer for healthcare now available

What your patients are reading - Week of July 1, 2013