ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/28/2013
Dr. Cal Gutkin’s retirement
- 1/28/2013
Updated Canadian guidelines for acute and chronic heart failure
Guidelines review the diagnosis of acute heart failure, based on symptoms, laboratory tests and investigations, and a validated diagnostic scoring system. - 1/28/2013
No mention of HPV testing in new national guidelines for cervical screening
Ontario use of HPV test delayed until at least 2014 - 1/28/2013
With premiums, Alberta premier pits MDs against taxpayers
EDMONTON | Alberta’s premier fired a salvo against the province’s doctors this week, using the specter of user fees as physicians seek a new deal. - 1/28/2013
Mattress management program cuts rental costs for Kelowna hospital
Faced with escalating costs for renting specialized mattresses for inpatients prone to bed sores, Kelowna General Hospital has implemented a mattress management program that has reduced rental costs by 67% since its introduction in November 2010. - 1/28/2013
Ontario woman first in North America to get MRI-safe defibrillator implant
NEWMARKET, ONT. | Every year an estimated 1.5 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed in Canada and the number is growing at a rate of about 10% per year. At the same time, a soaring number of Canadians who rely on implanted defibrillators to keep their hearts beating are denied this valuable, life-saving diagnostic test despite a 50 to 75% probability that they will require one over the lifetime of their defibrillator. - 1/28/2013
Private practice: the other 1%
Fed up with the public health system? Well, you can always opt out - 1/28/2013
Prix Galien: Pharma's Nobel
- 1/28/2013
Nurse’s aide sent home for refusing flu shot
An Alberta nurse’s aide says she has been sent home without pay because she refused to get a flu shot over personal health worries, underscoring a growing clash between employee rights and the drive to protect vulnerable patients and senior citizens from the virus.