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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. - 7/9/2013
OICR invests $52 million in translational cancer research
TORONTO | The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is investing $52 million to support the development of new innovative approaches for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. - 7/9/2013
Pharmacist-in-training student award recipients
The future is already here: Preparing pharmacists-in-training for a technology-enabled practice. - 7/9/2013
Guidelines for prevention of acute antineoplastic-induced nausea and vomiting in children
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario spearheads development of guidelines for the prevention of acute antineoplastic-induced nausea and vomiting in children. - 7/9/2013
Pharmacist-owners affected by train tragedy set up emergency pharmacy
Local pharmacies co-operate to ensure local residents have access to needed medications. - 7/9/2013
Lac-Mégantic train crash: 'It was unreal ...'
A few months ago, the hospital staff of Lac-Mégantic took part in an exercise code orange: an simulation involving a school bus accident. But overnight on July 6, the code orange was not a sham. - 7/9/2013
Ask the Experts: Bio-identical hormones and sarcoidosis
What are the implications for starting patients with this inflammatory disease on bio-identical progesterone? - 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.