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- 9/30/2013
Nurses too busy cleaning to provide patient care
My wife recently had a leg amputation at Vancouver General Hospital. While in there for a nine-day period, she was given excellent care and the physio she needed. - 9/30/2013
Learn how to help patients with weight loss
As the health professional who interacts with patients more often than any other, pharmacists can be of great assistance in helping patients manage their weight through an evidence-based approach as outlined in the “Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management and Prevention of Obesity in adults and children.” - 9/30/2013
Doing with, not for
At The Change Foundation, we believe hospitals and other healthcare organizations should stop doing things FOR patients. Instead, we believe that if patient-centred care is to be achieved, organizations and individuals have to make it the norm to plan, design, deliver and make decisions WITH appropriate input from patients, families and other informal caregivers. - 9/30/2013
Award entrants bode well for our future
Enough pessimism for now. Yeah, the future of pharmacy is uncertain. But there might be some light on the horizon… - 9/30/2013
Thousands of patients leaving hospital too soon, only to return for care
Patients who leave an emergency department or hospital against medical advice before their treatment is finished tend to return within a short period of time, according to new data.