Corporate Governance

TORONTO | As healthcare purchasing departments become more rigorous in their application of request-for-proposal (RFP) procedures, technology suppliers are increasingly concerned that a relentless focus on cost control is preventing investment in innovative products that could improve patient outcomes and deliver greater long-term value to the health system.

TORONTO | Two projects backed by Ontario Centres of Excellence are the first to be approved under an Ontario-Quebec life sciences research partnership.

It's not the "every Island grad hired" commitment made by former CEO Howard Waldner, but the Vancouver Island Health Authority continues to open its doors to nursing grads in the region.

TORONTO | With unequal pricing, rising costs and a patchwork of drug coverage offered to Canadians, the prescription drug coverage system is in need of a major overhaul, says the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.

Almost 30% of Canadians living with diabetes have experienced significant emotional distress and 15% have felt discriminated against due to their disease. These figures are included in the global Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs 2 study (DAWN2).

TORONTO | The final communiqué of the International Summit on Medicine Shortages offers a number of recommendations and ideas for stakeholders to consider on how to reduce the occurrence of medicine shortages.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, has cracked down on thousands of rogue internet pharmacies, including some that present themselves as Canadian.