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- 12/6/2012
Psychiatrists disciplined more than other physicians: PLOS ONE study
Number equals 14% of the total number disciplined, even though psychiatrists make up only about 7% of physicians in Canada. - 12/6/2012
Alberta College of Pharmacists delays decision on inducement ban
College inundated with thousands of phone calls and emails from concerned Albertans following awareness campaign from Safeway, Air Miles. - 12/5/2012
Ontario to co-ordinate care of high-needs patients
Province targeting high-needs patients with complex conditions through the creation of 19 regional Health Links. - 12/5/2012
Chateline Holiday Fare: Best-ever potato latkes for Hanukkah
Amy Rosen shares her delicious potato pancake recipe in time for the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins this weekend - 12/5/2012
Confessions of a tech reg convert
Before deciding to pursue the R.Ph.T. designation, I was skeptical about the whole thing. Here's why I came around. - 12/5/2012
Doctor appealing penalty for altering notes, including 'racist' comments from patient's mom
REGINA | A Saskatchewan doctor is appealing after he was handed a fine and a suspension for recording racist comments in a patient chart that were allegedly uttered by his patient’s mother. - 12/4/2012
Hospitals named to list of 'most admired corporate cultures'
TORONTO | Mount Sinai Hospital and North York General Hospital in Toronto and Providence Health Care in Vancouver have each been named one of Canada’s 10 most admired corporate cultures in the public sector for 2012 by executive search firm Waterstone Human Capital. - 12/4/2012
Biomarkers could reduce incidence of failed clinical trials: report
NEW YORK | Biomarkers could cut down the numbers of failed clinical trials, if fully embraced by the medical community, states a new report by GBI Research. - 12/4/2012
Princess Margaret chooses robotic system for chemo medications
WINNIPEG | Intelligent Hospital Systems, based in Winnipeg, which makes the RIVA fully-automated medication compounding system, says its technology produced its first chemotherapy dose in Canada on Dec. 4. The medication was administered to a patient being treated at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.