Corporate Governance

‘Starting a newspaper like giving birth’

The Vote to Support Caregivers social media campaign launched by Bayshore Home Health in September has received an “overwhelming” response.

Using an e-health record to check up on your spouse's ex: probably not what health officials in Alberta had in mind when they took patients' records into the virtual world. But an investigation by Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work revealed that an Edmonton ER physician did just that.

Meanwhile, manufacturers taking big steps to resolve supply problems.

Dr. Graham Sher, chief executive officer of Canadian Blood Services, has said enough with the fear-mongering about the planned move of a regional blood-processing facility from New Brunswick to Halifax.

Four major B.C. health providers are redesigning their transcription departments to improve service delivery and save more than $3 million annually.