Faced with escalating costs for renting specialized mattresses for inpatients prone to bed sores, Kelowna General Hospital has implemented a mattress management program that has reduced rental costs by 67% since its introduction in November 2010.
The growth in physician compensation fell to 3.1%, its lowest growth level in five years, according to new data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI).
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in nursing grew 29% in Alberta in a five year period, yet the province has the second lowest number of LPNs per population of any Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than half work full time.
As a declining share of global clinical trials threatens the future of health research in Canada, a national collaborative effort is underway to reverse the slide
