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Ontario has pledged to spend $222 million over three years to improve health care for First Nations, especially in the north where aboriginal leaders declared a state of emergency because of a growing number of suicides. The Liberal government also…
Sometimes, it can take weeks to get an appointment to see your family doctor. If you go to a walk-in clinic, waits can often stretch for hours. In a world where smartphones are changing how we bank, commute and communicate,…
Factors such as loneliness, depression and having broken a bone recently are more likely to predict a person’s risk of dying in the next five years, researchers at the University of Chicago found. “The healthiest people were obese and robust,”…
The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit group that works with health-care providers to improve the system, has released results from a program it launched in 2014. CFHI’s senior director, Kaye Phillips, says about 62 per cent of seniors…
The conference offers an abundance of education, with over 200 abstract presentations and 250 presenters. Learn more about telehealth, consumer health & more education: Consumer Health Connect: Lessons in Innovation Trailblazing Telehealth Learning Conference Program webpage
Residents are a big part of the medical system and their post grad training includes taking care of hospitalized patients. Typically, they do one month rotations on a hospital ward before transferring care to another resident and moving on. A…
When: Jun 9, 2016 Time: 9 AM to 4:15 PM; Dinner: 6 PM Where: 40 St. George Street; Dinner: 89 Chestnut The symposium will feature high-quality poster and oral presentations by graduate students on current research in the MIE department.…
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Time: 3-5 pm Place: MB101 (Lassonde Mining Bldg, St. George Campus – 170 College St) Guest Speaker: Prof. Paul Harper (Cardiff University) Presentation Title: “OR Saves Lives!” Presentation Abstract: In this talk Prof. Harper will provide…
Ottawa’s Lesley Fleming was diagnosed with Lyme disease in July 2013 by a doctor in Plattsburg, N.Y., after years of going to Canadian doctors to try and find out why she was experiencing severe eye inflammation, headaches and fatigue. She…
Quality Improvement Specialist – (16-0329) North York General Hospital Union: Non-Union Site: General Position: Quality Improvement Specialist Unit/Department: Patient Experience and Quality Reports To: Director, Patient Experience and Quality Hours: 75 hours per pay period, days, no weekends Status: Full…
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