Healthcare Management

BC Nurses Union President Deb McPherson says a number of concerns expressed for years by nurses at the hospitals are being ignored.

NEW YORK | The demand for direct-care workers in the U.S. – particularly those employed in home and community-based settings – will continue to outpace supply through this decade, warns Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, a U.S. authority on the direct-care workforce.

Hospital patients are more likely than ever to see a male nurse at their bedside—and odds are he earns more than the female nurse down the hall.Men made up close to 10% of all registered nurses in 2011, according to a new Census report released today.

VANCOUVER | The redevelopment of St. Paul’s Hospital has made a major step forward with the posting of a request for proposals to provide architectural services for the project.

HAMILTON, ONT – Baxter Corp. has made a $250,000 gift to St. Joseph's Healthcare, one of the busiest dialysis centres in south-central Ontario. The funds will modernize the way that patients living with chronic kidney disease are educated on the management of their condition.

LONDON, ONT. | St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s president and CEO, Dr. Gillian Kernaghan, has announced $6.4 million in “budget strategies” to deliver a balanced budget for the 2013/14 fiscal year, which begins April 1.

BURLINGTON, ONT. | UPS has expanded its global healthcare distribution network in North America, including its facility in Burlington, Ont. The company has 11 dedicated healthcare facilities in Canada, including three on its Burlington site.

An extra 45 nurse practitioners are to be hired across B.C. this year, including 10 in Fraser Health and nine in the Vancouver Coastal health region.