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- 2/27/2012
Alberta seniors groups worried government may lift long-term care cap
Move could mean some seniors will pay as much as $6,000 a month for care. - 2/27/2012
Are nurse practitioners healthcare reform's missing link?
In an op-ed piece, Patricia Dennehy says nurse practitioners are the key to primary care reform stateside: - 2/27/2012
New Canadian guidelines for migraine prophylaxis
Guidelines based on current published evidence and expert consensus, focus on patients with episodic migraine. - 2/27/2012
State-of-the-art hospital under construction in Nova Scotia
TRURO, N.S. _ A hospital now being built here is expected to set new standards in technological integration when it opens in November. - 2/27/2012
The changing face of long-term care for the queer community
Most of Ontario's 600 long-term care facilities are not LGBT-friendly, says counsellor. - 2/27/2012
US shifts from nursing homes to managed care at home
Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing home care. - 2/27/2012
Study projects shortage of almost 5,000 nurses in Alberta by 2021
For Calgary employers, the road to recruitment should lead to Los Angeles, Denver or even Dublin, a Calgary Economic Development study has found. - 2/27/2012
Telemedicine in Eastern Ontario gets cash infusion
The expanded program would allow more patients in the Ottawa Valley to meet by nurse-managed video conference with medical specialists at The Ottawa Hospital. - 2/27/2012
Advocacy group pushes for calorie counts, sodium values on menus
Group wants all levels of government to make it mandatory to share dietary details. - 2/27/2012
Paying research volunteers raises ethical concerns, says study
It’s a common practice, but when researchers offer money as an incentive for healthy volunteers to enroll in research studies, does that amount to coercion or undue inducement to participate in research?