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- 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 - 7/8/2013
NPs leading house calls comeback
Standing in the kitchen, her stethoscope around her neck, NP Shelley Raymond holds Maria's left shoulder and slowly moves her arm upward. "Has this arm been bothering you?" Raymond asks the 87-year-old who has just finished eating lunch at her kitchen table, the radio chattering in the background - 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
Pharma company supports research collaboration for transplants
MARKHAM, ONT. | Astellas Pharma Canada is partnering with the recently launched Canadian National Transplant Research Program, a novel research initiative that brings a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to advancing research and patient care in the transplant field. - 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
Dräger enhances Infinity system for patient monitoring
RICHMOND HILL, ONT. | Dräger has unveiled the next generation of its handheld Infinity M540 monitor and Infinity CentralStation.