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- 9/24/2012
E-mail with patients can improve office efficiency
A clear policy on communication can ease your concerns - 9/24/2012
Don’t skip the statins
- 9/24/2012
Closing the collaboration gap
To gain the full benefits of innovation, healthcare provider organizations need to change the way they think about procurement - 9/24/2012
Most Canadians unprepared for Alzheimer's caregiving role: survey
TORONTO | Although Canadians are aware the incidence of Alzheimer’s is expected to double in the next 15 years, the vast majority of them have not prepared a homecare contingency plan in the event that they or a loved one are diagnosed with the disease. - 9/24/2012
California extends program allowing NPs to deliver non-surgical abortions
Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed 25 health-related bills, including controversial legislation that extends for two years a study program that allows non-surgical abortions to be performed by a limited number of nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants. - 9/24/2012
Brush, floss and Botox
Cosmetic dentistry and medical specialty spas are blurring the line between beauty and medicine. - 9/24/2012
Book review: Duckett’s Rx for Canadian healthcare
“Canada does not have a high-performing health system” is the central message of Stephen Duckett’s Where to from Here? Keeping Medicare Sustainable (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012). In his view, the Canadian system might be better than many others and there may be pockets of excellence, but Canada does not have a health system in which, as the saying goes, “the right person enables the right care in the right setting, on time, every time.”