Healthcare Management

Vancouver Island Health Authority has officially opened the $348.6 million Patient Care Centre at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.

Construction of Ontario’s new Woodstock General Hospital has been completed on time and on budget. Now the state-of-the-art healthcare facility will begin preparations for occupancy on Nov. 20, 2011.

Nurses in the surgical unit took concerns about inadequate staffing levels, safe patient care to an Independent Assessment Committee.

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) will keep member and employer contribution rates stable in 2013. Contribution rates have been the same since the start of 2004.

SASKATOON _ About 400 specialized healthcare workers in Saskatoon are off the job. It's the second straight day for strike action in the city.