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- 1/19/2023
Renovated ER at Nova Scotia's Cumberland Regional Health Centre to reopen next month
The provincial health authority says the newly renovated space at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre in Amherst, N.S., is to reopen Feb. 14. - 1/19/2023
POLL: Do you keep track of whether patients pick up their prescriptions?
Some patients have iffy histories when it comes to medical adherence. Do you take extra care to ensure they've picked up their meds for this or other reasons? - 1/19/2023
QUIZ: Shining a light on seasonal affective disorder
Are your patients feeling gloomy in these dark days of winter? Maybe they have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a condition with a prevalence ranging from 1.5% to 9%, depending on latitude. Test your knowledge here. - 1/18/2023
No pharmacare bill this year would be a deal breaker, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Will pharmacare be the straw that breaks the confidence-and-supply agreement's back? - 1/18/2023
Moving procedures to IHFs is a step in the right direction
Instead of throwing up egregious “two tier American style healthcare” tweets based on ideology alone, we need to work on the practical details of this move to ensure that the roll out is done in the most effective manner possible. - 1/18/2023
Alberta Health Services to release report on ambulance response for dog attack victim
Police and paramedics responded in June 2022 to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood and found the injured woman, Betty Ann Williams. She was taken to hospital by ambulance and later died. - 1/18/2023
Halifax doctors worry announced ER improvements won't work due to lack of beds
The open letter to Premier Tim Houston signed by 39 doctors says the real problem is the “overuse'' of emergency departments which lack bed space. - 1/18/2023
Ontario proposes automatic recognition of out-of-province doctors’ credentials
New legislation set to roll out next month will allow healthcare workers registered in other Canadian jurisdictions to start working as soon as they arrive in Ontario. - 1/18/2023
Alberta says first shipment of kid's pain reliever has arrived, will go to hospitals
The province purchased the liquid acetaminophen late in the fall as hospitals were under strain from a spike in several respiratory illnesses. - 1/18/2023
Commissioner recommends delaying Quebec nurse exam amid concerns over high fail rate
A report found that just 45.4% of nursing students passed the Sept. 26 licensing exam, compared to a pass rate of between 63 and 96% in previous sittings.