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- 11/20/2013
Adempas for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
First drug approved to treat rare type of pulmonary hypertension. - 11/20/2013
Genetic privacy regulations may have unintended consequences
Ontario is proposing a change to the Ontario Human Rights Code aimed at protecting people’s genetic information from being used by insurance companies and employers. This would allow more people to have genetic testing done, for health or research purposes—testing they would possibly not do if they had to disclose the test results to insurers. - 11/19/2013
Updated malaria vaccine roadmap shows promising end to disease
Number of cases to reduce by 75% in less than 20 years - 11/19/2013
Kadcyla for metastatic breast cancer
First antibody–drug conjugate targeted therapy to be marketed in Canada. - 11/19/2013
World pneumonia day: disease biggest killer of children under 5
Global health bodies point to key interventions that will help - 11/19/2013
More immunization clinics open in Alberta
Province takes active approach after recent measles cases - 11/19/2013
Event Report - Electronic medical records: Are we ready for data analytics?
For years, electronic medical records (EMRs) have held the promise of revolutionizing healthcare, by generating large volumes of personal health information that can be analyzed to better inform clinical decision-making, population health management and new care delivery models. But before those benefits could start to be realized, two key steps needed to happen. First, the digital infrastructure for capturing patient data had to be put in place in healthcare facilities across the country. Second, as patient data was collected into EMRs, a system of health information exchange needed to be developed to allow the data to flow among clinicians and across administrative groups. - 11/19/2013
Stopping long-term care home violence
Implement coroners' jury recommendations, says Ontario Nurses' Association