ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/26/2012
Learning from Rx mistakes
- 3/26/2012
BCMA shoots down proposals to reform board
Former BCMA directors push for shorter terms, greater say on AGMs association governance, medical politics, association reform, leadership - 3/26/2012
Letter: Nurse practitioners highly trained for diagnosis, prescribing
Dianne Dyer, president, College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, Edmonton and Lesley MacGregor, a nurse practitioner from Edmonton, respond to a letter in the Edmonton Journal saying to “Leave prescribing to physicians”. - 3/26/2012
U.S. research: Increased independence for NPs does not reduce physician wages
Increased “scope of practice” for advanced practice nurse practitioners is not associated with lower wages for primary care physicians. - 3/26/2012
Autoimmune discovery wins top award
- 3/26/2012
Loblaw purchasing Zellers' prescription files for $35 million
Arrangement includes prescription files from 95 Zellers pharmacies across the country. - 3/26/2012
Herding healthcare's elephants
If the provinces really want to improve the performance and efficiency of their healthcare systems, they’ll have to address these five ‘unmentionable’ issues - 3/26/2012
From many to one
The baffling array of electronic records systems is destined to become a whole lot simpler - 3/26/2012
Cookies made of Swiss cheese?
In his final appearance on this page, our columnist recalls his departure from Alberta Health Services