Healthcare

Health groups to Kenney: rescind cancellation of refugee health benefits
Eight national health organizations has asked Jason Kenney, federal minister of citizenship and immigration, to rescind the planned cancellation of supplemental health benefits to refugee claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program.
Shoppers to purchase Paragon
Pharmacy undergoing more consolidation as chain agrees to buy stores.

App for managing personal medical information launched by mihealth

TORONTO _ The mihealthView app, designed to enable patients to manage and store their personal medical information and histories, became available today from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
NP working to improve healthcare access in rural Saskatchewan communities

Leland Sommer is passionate about improving access to health care in rural Saskatchewan.
Nurse practitioner makes perfect sense for nursing home

Having nurse practitioners on staff was relatively rare in the Midwest U.S. and unheard of in Springfield, Ill., until Jennifer Scales came along.
Flu shot during pregnancy shows unexpected benefits in large study

H1N1 vaccination during the pandemic was associated with a significantly reduced risk of stillbirth, preterm birth and extremely small babies at birth
Nurses at Edmonton care centre hit picket line

More than 100 licensed practical nurses and nursing aides are set to strike at an east Edmonton care centre Tuesday morning.
56 new nursing positions added to one Ontario region

Details revealed about where new positions in the Waterloo-Wellingtion integrated health network will be.
Video documentary: Nursing in India

The third of six episodes of the Al Jazeera documentary series Indian Hospital takes a look at how at the heart of every hospital are its nurses—often unappreciated, undervalued and underpaid.
Cross-country NP awareness campaign hits Saskatchewan

Last week week, the Canadian Nurses Association launched its Saskatchewan campaign to raise awareness about the work of nurse practitioners (NPs).

Health groups to Kenney: rescind cancellation of refugee health benefits

Shoppers to purchase Paragon

App for managing personal medical information launched by mihealth

NP working to improve healthcare access in rural Saskatchewan communities

Nurse practitioner makes perfect sense for nursing home

Flu shot during pregnancy shows unexpected benefits in large study

Nurses at Edmonton care centre hit picket line

56 new nursing positions added to one Ontario region

Video documentary: Nursing in India

Cross-country NP awareness campaign hits Saskatchewan