Hospital-Institutional

Study assesses potential barriers to patient drug therapy education on release from hospital.

TORONTO | At a time when hospitals across Canada are trying to cut costs by scaling back or closing arthritis clinics, the burden of the disease on the healthcare system is only increasing, according to a new study from The Arthritis Society.

LONDON, Ont. | Surgeons at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) have made Canadian history by performing the first living-donor kidney removal for transplant purposes, using a single incision point.

WATERLOO, Ont. | Emergency departments are not meeting the needs of senior citizens, according to an international study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study looked at patients over the age of 75 in emergency departments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India, and Sweden.

MONTREAL | Forum Santé International 2013, the first International Forum on Health will be held in Montreal Oct. 22-24. The forum is being organized by the five University Health Centres of Quebec (Conférence des CHU du Québec) in co-operation with partners of the healthcare system and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.

Hospital pharmacists are under-staffed in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR), according to the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) union.

OTTAWA | Two associations representing major healthcare organizations across Canada have decided to join forces.