CALGARY | The CEO and president of Alberta Health Services has resigned. Dr. Chris Eagle says it was a ``personal and very difficult'' decision, but adds it is right for him and the government agency.
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.
SYDNEY, Australia | After a medical scientist placed three embryos in a catheter rather than an agreed two, an obstetrician inserted these into a patient’s uterus.
Nurses are frequently placed in situations where they lack the time, and in some cases the resources to care for patients in the way they would like to.
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews should fulfill a promise and give registered nurses the right to prescribe basic drugs, like the first-level antibiotics.
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.
