Healthcare

Progress stalled on wait times across Canada: new report

OTTAWA | Canadians are waiting as long as, if not longer than, previous years for medical care, the eighth report card issued by the Wait Time Alliance has concluded.
Terry Lake named minister of health for British Columbia

VICTORIA | Terry Lake has been appointed minister of health in the B.C. government of Premier Christy Clark, replacing Margaret MacDiarmid, who lost her seat in the recent provincial election.
Number of Infoway-certified EMRs keeps climbing
The many faces of EMR clinical decision support
EMR funding programs eye wrapping up— but is it too early?

Funding just starting in select provinces late to EMR adoption support
CLINICAL PEARLS: How to reduce the pain of anesthesia
Pot smoking cuts viral load in HIV patients

Canadian study believed to be first to show benefit of cannabis on the infection
Prostate cancer: More men can opt for active surveillance

All conventional criteria need not be fulfilled, analysis shows

Efficiency in Action: Innovative mobile technology helps surgical patients recover at home