ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/15/2011
Honouring Canada's doctors and nurses
- 8/15/2011
Doctors abandoning independent practice in U.S.
An annual review of U.S. physician recruiting trends suggests that doctors south of the border are increasingly opting to work for hospitals. According to the 2010/11 study, 1,495 (56%) of 2,660 assignments were for hospital positions, compared with 505 (19%) for groups, 344 (13%) for partnerships and 323 (12%) for solo, association or other types of employment scenarios. - 8/15/2011
Best practices for methadone treatment need to be updated
Number of patients receiving treatment has gone up sharply but number of prescribing doctors has barely risen - 8/15/2011
Axert: first triptan to be approved for adolescent migraine
Drug was formerly indicated only in adults. - 8/15/2011
Alberta law could discipline MDs over any adverse outcome
College of physicians, other stakeholders meet with government to adjust legislation - 8/14/2011
RFP issued for Kelowna heart and surgical centre
The B.C. government and Interior Health, in collaboration with Partnerships BC, have released a request for proposals for the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre building at Kelowna General Hospital. - 8/14/2011
Siemens Biograph mMR comes to Canada
Siemens Canada Healthcare has received a Health Canada medical device licence for the Biograph mMR, a fully integrated whole-body molecular MR with simultaneous magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) data acquisition.