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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Damage control is the name of the game in Berlin on Monday as politicians rush to deny that they are receiving a better, safer swine flu vaccine than ordinary Germans. The first of 50 million doses arrived in Germany on Monday

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One might think that the arrival in Germany of the first of 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine on Monday might be cause for celebratio...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too.

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WASHINGTON - Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Electronic records have already provided one big change. eRecords in the US

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The debate over health care reform is proving to be a no-holds barred battle but, as New York Times' David Pogue reports, electronic rec...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Unlearning. A book by Dr. Alejandro R. Jadad

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Reposted from Monday, October 13, 2008 Dr. Alejandro R. Jadad writes: "I just published my first non-medical book, entitled "U...
Monday, October 5, 2009

North West LHIN honoured with International Public Participation Award

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The North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) was honored Monday night with the Innovation Award by the International Associa...

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PATIENT CARE RECOGNIZED

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NEWS RELEASE October 5, 2009 Ministry of Health Services BC Patient Safety and Quality Council OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTI...

Influenza Prevention and Care (Ontario Government) Updated October 05, 2009

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Skip to content Ontario.ca Français Home Public Information Health Care Professionals News Room E-ma...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Ont. hospitals to use surgical checklist to improve patient safety starting next year

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By Maria Babbage (CP)  TORONTO — Ontario hospitals will be required to use a surgical safety checklist and report on their compliance sta...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Ontario's doctors support collaboration among health care professionals -- sort of

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TORONTO, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - At an appearance today before the Ontario Legislative Standing Committee on Social Policy, Ontario's doctors w...

Ontario government's lawsuit against the tobacco industry

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TORONTO, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - The Canadian Cancer Society is pleased the Ontario government is suing tobacco companies to recover tobacco-relate...
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