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- 7/9/2013
Actuaries' expertise could help control healthcare costs
FREDERICTON | “Actuarial expertise and methods can help identify areas to lower healthcare costs,” says Jacques Lafrance, president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. - 7/8/2013
Conference Board plans event on wellness and sustainable healthcare
TORONTO | The Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care (CASHC) is organizing the Wellness and Sustainable Health Care Summit, to be held in Toronto Oct. 30-31. - 7/8/2013
Where are your voices?
Ken Burns' attempt to put the fate of the profession back in pharmacists' hands wasn't thwarted—the revolution was simply stalled. But he'll never achieve his goal without your support. - 7/8/2013
Video documentary: The Caretaker
This short documentary from the New York Times explores the tender relationship between a caretaker who is an undocumented immigrant and an elderly woman in the last months of her life. - 7/8/2013
CUA: Testosterone level should guide androgen deprivation therapy
Analysis shows importance of reaching low values - 7/8/2013
Stateside point-counterpoint: Should NPs be able to treat patients without physician oversight?
The Wall Street Journal recently featured a point-counterpoint debate about giving nurse practitioners more autonomy. - 7/8/2013
Getting rid of medical files destroyed by a flood? Not so fast . . .
The Alberta college is offering advice to physicians in the province dealing with flooded offices and destroyed medical files. - 7/8/2013
COACH updates privacy and security guidelines for health data
TORONTO | The 2013 Guidelines for the Protection of Health Information from COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association feature a major content update, enhancement of the special issues section that provides direction on emerging issues, and a new First Nations OCAP principles section. - 7/8/2013
Food diaries: a tool to help patients lose weight wisely
Get patients out of ‘autopilot’ mode and into food awareness