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- 11/21/2012
New U.S. guidelines for managing stable ischemic heart disease
Guidelines were developed jointly by several professional organizations. - 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. 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
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
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. - 11/19/2012
Renowned nurse Helen Mussallem remembered
Former Maple Ridge resident and one of Canada’s most renowned nurses died Nov. 9 in Ottawa. - 11/19/2012
Baby dies after nurse fed her day's worth of food in an hour
A seven-day-old baby died after a nurse accidentally fed her a day's worth of food through a feeding tube in just one hour, inquest hears.