Healthcare Management

Protesters say policy has stopped job advancement, promotion to full time status.

TRURO, N.S. _ A hospital now being built here is expected to set new standards in technological integration when it opens in November.

Three Quebec construction companies whose owners pleaded guilty to rigging offers related to expansion work on the emergency medicine services at the general hospital in Chicoutimi in 2003 have been fined a total of $100,000.

Common tendering and contracting templates for healthcare organizations in Ontaruio are being finalized by the Healthcare Supply Chain Network. The templates will be designed to help healthcare organizations establish consistent procurement practices and align with contracting principles under the Ontario Broader Public Sector Procurement Directive.

Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington, Ont., has awarded a three-year contract to Vendor Credentialing Services Canada to provide credentialing, compliance and an access program for external vendors.

Across North America a growing number of hospitals are leading the effort to lower energy use and cut emissions. The Greening Health Care Challenge will identify those facilities that are the top performers in energy and water use.

The introduction of black and white uniforms has more than a few Nova Scotia registered nurses seeing red.

MONTREAL _ A $2 million gift from Bell Canada will be used to improve facilities and expand recruitment and research activities at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute’s brain bank.