Hospital-Institutional

Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing home care.

A Canada-wide patient survey suggests the delivery of healthcare is being hurt because concerns about privacy are hampering the flow of information to providers.

MONTREAL _ Following Germany's example of privatizing some hospitals could result in improved quality of healthcare delivery in Canada without affecting universal access, according to an "Economic Note" published today by the Montreal Economic Institute.

A new program to ease emergency room traffic while providing health care for people who have trouble finding a family doctor is coming to Brant Haldimand Norfolk.

Union officials said the hospital notified them Wednesday that 60 registered nurses will lose their jobs in the coming months.

A report from B.C.'s Ombudsman on senior care in the province is fuelling nurses' hopes for reduced workloads, for standardization of care across the province among senior advocates and for stability in care homes through an end to contracting of services.

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