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- 8/14/2013
Pharmacy IV automation is a mature, proven technology
As automation technologies enhance a growing number of healthcare services – including imaging, surgery, radiotherapy and rehabilitation, among others – the pharmacy remains largely un-automated. Despite its important role in patient care, technicians in most pharmacies still compound medications manually, in much the same way it’s been done for generations. - 8/14/2013
New function for old gene leads to possible kidney disease therapy
TORONTO | Mount Sinai Hospital researchers may have found a way to slow the progression of kidney disease, one of the most serious complications for patients with diabetes. - 8/13/2013
Faster drug approval not linked to increase in serious drug safety warnings: Study
A new study suggests that faster drug approval is not linked to increases in the number of serious drug safety warnings, nor to other potential health risks. - 8/13/2013
Target to open pharmacies in Quebec
Target will open 25 stores in Quebec this fall, the majority with in-store pharmacies. - 8/13/2013
Can design improve healthcare?
TORONTO | The healthcare system has reached the point where innovation is critical, and design can play a role in helping people live healthier lives and improving how the healthcare system delivers care. - 8/12/2013
Why are pharmacy assistants opting out of the regulation process?
College of Pharmacists of BC wants to know - 8/12/2013
Press Review - August 13, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Why wait for a health-care crisis to put patients' safety first?. Read this and more. - 8/12/2013
Two-thirds of surveyed Ontario nurses have experienced abuse
Ontario nurses need better protection in the workplace in light of a growing incidence of physical violence happening on the job, says their union president. - 8/12/2013
Quebec company begins selling innovative medical device
MONTREAL | EMcision International, a Montreal-based company specializing in advanced radiofrequency-based medical devices used in surgery, has sold its first units of the Habib RF DUO 13 catheter. This is a new device designed to help abdominal cancer patients. - 8/12/2013
Podcast: Nursing labour - The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, Rosalee Longmoore talks about her 15 years as the president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN). - 8/12/2013
Nova Scotia's breastfeeding hotline, weekend nurse visits nixed
Breastfeeding advocates in Nova Scotia say they’re concerned for new mothers after some of the province’s breastfeeding services were cut back.