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- 2/15/2010
A better way of funding hospitals?
Proponents of activity-based funding say it can reduce wait times and bring market discipline to healthcare financing. But Canada, virtually alone among industrialized nations, has yet to try it on a large scale - 2/15/2010
Top-down or bottom-up?
- 2/15/2010
Olympics: Endurance athletes more likely to have atrial fibrillation
But what's really interesting is the decades-long Norwegian study on cross-country skiers - 2/15/2010
Healthcare breaks its trust
In 2009, Canada’s health system let the public down by abandoning the core principles of medicare - 2/11/2010
The Healthcare Interview: Making the care connection with telehealth
This year may be a memorable one for telehealth in Canada. The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada may determine that any doctor licensed to practise in any province can perform telemedicine on a patient in a province other than the one in which the doctor is located. This move could usher in an era of increased use of live communication technology to facilitate patient care, says Dr. Trevor Cradduck (PhD), president of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. - 2/10/2010
Mobile imaging services help ease technology crunch
MRI and CT machines arrive on trailers to take up the slack when a hospital’s own machines are down - 2/10/2010
Confusion surrounds NPN directive