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- 11/21/2012
Dinner Tonight: Lemony Greek Soup
- 11/21/2012
Owners, managers ready to maximize revenue from paid services
A pharmacy business strategy event being held in Toronto on December 2 promises to provide answers, tools and practical advice to pharmacists looking for the most effective way to transition their business in order to take full advantage of the new paid services. - 11/21/2012
Health Canada broadens NPs' prescribing authority
New regulations grant NPs authority to prescribe controlled substances. - 11/20/2012
Ontario town has spent $410k on doctor 'incentives' since 2008
The Ontario community of Wasaga Beach will spend $65,000 to attract a doctor to the lakeside town. - 11/19/2012
Tide turns as more NPs visit home care patients
Nurse practitioners in New York and New Jersey are filling a gap in healthcare as frontline providers for the homebound elderly and other patients with limited care access. - 11/19/2012
B.C. nurses’ union, health officer continue fight over mandatory flu-shots
Another round of fighting has erupted between British Columbia’s nurses and its health officer after a U.K.-based, non-profit scientific group publicly questioned the evidence used to justify a mandatory flu-shot policy for provincial health-care workers. - 11/19/2012
Loved ones voice more concerns about Sunnybrook veterans
Articles about complaints of substandard care at Canada's largest facility for war veterans have prompted several more people to come forward with stories of neglect. - 11/19/2012
B.C. doctor fined for not responding to college, providing medical legal report
VANCOUVER | A doctor in British Columbia was handed a fine from his provincial college for failing to reply to communications from his provincial college. - 11/19/2012
Hospital infection surveillance program may fall victim to budget cuts
OTTAWA | Canada is in danger of losing its only national monitoring system for healthcare-acquired infections. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program (CNISP) is anticipating significant budget cuts next year.