Posts By: kwong

News Item – Dying cancer patients live longer at home than in hospital: study

Researchers studied the final days of over 2,000 terminal cancer patients in Japan, comparing roughly 1500 patients receiving hospital-based palliative care and 500 receiving home-based palliative care. Published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, researchers suggest…

News Item – Federal Budget 2016: what about health care?

There is money in the budget for things like tackling men’s health, improving heart health for women and enhancing food safety. But, it’s what’s not in the budget that’s raising a red flag. During the election, the Liberals promised $3…

News Item – U.S. officials call for pill-tracking databases

The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin. But physician groups see a requirement to check databases before prescribing popular…

Job Opportunity – Senior Analyst & Project Manager [1-Year contract] (Mar. 31)

This is a unique role where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to help entrench innovative ways of operating into a relatively new regulatory organization. Amongst other responsibilities, the successful candidate will: Plan, implement, evaluate and refine the organization’s…

Press Release – Ontario Investing More Than $50 Billion in Health Care

Highlights include: Investing more than $345 million in all publicly-funded hospitals, including a one per cent increase to base funding. Creating more integrated, team-based primary care with an additional $85 million over three years to recruit and retain qualified primary…
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