GOVERNMENT POLICY NEWS FROM ACROSS CANADA
B.C. COMMITS TO A FAMILY DOCTOR FOR EVERYONE BY 2015 WHITE ROCK – The Province’s ongoing overhaul of its primary health-care system is being made stronger with a $137-million investment to strengthen service delivery, ensure patients are full participants in their care and provide every British Columbian who wants a family doctor with one by [...]
SASKATCHEWAN SURGICAL INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON PATIENT SAFETY Saskatchewan is making surgical care safer for patients. Health regions are working toward universal implementation of surgical safety checklists in hospital operating rooms across the province by the end of 2010-11. Health Minister Don McMorris said this commitment is another way to ensure the health care system puts [...]
Ontario Responded Well To H1N1 Pandemic Says Chief Medical Officer Of Health June 2, 2010 1:20 PM New report says that changes needed to improve future responses to public health emergencies Ontario responded well to the H1N1 pandemic but greater coordination and standardization is needed for future health emergencies, according to a new report from [...]
Pharmacists to Order Diagnostic Tests, Administer Vaccinations … Amendments announced to the Pharmacy Act today, March 29, will lead to an expanded role for pharmacists, helping Nova Scotians to access care and improving efficiency in the health care system. The amendments will enable pharmacists to order and interpret lab tests to monitor drug therapy. “Allowing [...]
March 8, 2010 2:00 PM Government Sees Jobs And Opportunity In Water Expertise, Higher Education Ontario will create jobs and strengthen the economy by exporting clean-water technology and strengthening postsecondary education for all Ontarians. The government’s five-year Open Ontario Plan was unveiled in a Speech from the Throne delivered by The Honourable David Onley, Ontario’s [...]
SAINT JOHN (CNB) – A new toll-free trauma line and a no-refusal policy for patients in need of transfer to specialty sites are among initiatives for a new co-ordinated trauma system. Health Minister Mary Schryer made this announcement today as she released the final report of the New Brunswick Trauma System Advisory Committee. The committee [...]
