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- 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. - 9/30/2013
Canada Health Act leaves provinces room to experiment
Compliance with the terms and conditions of the Act is entirely voluntary. - 9/30/2013
Physician pay should reflect declining workloads, say economists
Canada will face a cost crisis unless compensation schemes for physicians are retooled to account for declining workloads, warn health economists. - 9/30/2013
Common skincare issues in babies
- 9/30/2013
Evidence-based hospital nurse staffing: the challenges
What are the challenges in making evidence-based decisions about nursing staff mix? - 9/30/2013
Dexter says NDP making inroads with health-care platform
Darrell Dexter thinks people are starting to hear his message. - 9/30/2013
Hospital ordered to bargain over nurses’ dress code
An NLRB administrative law judge has held that a New Jersey hospital violated the National Labor Relations Act when it altered its dress code policy for nurses. - 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.”