Universal healthcare and an aging population will see Canada’s pharmaceutical market more than double in value before the end of the decade, says research by healthcare industry analysts GlobalData.
Real-time data from eight million hand hygiene events reveals nine out of 10 healthcare workers access hand sanitizer using only one push of a dispenser, and as a result may not be achieving hand hygiene compliance.
VANCOUVER | Cancer patients waiting to find out if they have inherited mutations in two major breast cancer genes will soon get their results much faster, thanks to new genomics-based screening technology in B.C.
An Ontario man whose mother died from a heart attack after taking a popular anti-depressant believes she would still be alive if she'd been warned about the drug’s known dangers.
As Canada’s health ministers gathered in Halifax this week to talk about the progress on health care, the average Canadian could be excused for wanting to shrug and turn away. Enter Canada’s registered nurses.
Patients who had access to their physicians’ notes had better medication adherence and felt more in control of their own health, a new study has found.
