by Heather | May 7, 2013 | Canadian Health Care Information
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) celebrated its third annual STOP! Clean Your Hands Day on May 6, 2013. On this day, public hospitals across the country encourage their health care providers to wash their hands to reduce the spread of hospital-acquired...
by Heather | Mar 5, 2013 | Funding
Contract disputes and strikes are commonplace in universal health care systems throughout the world whether it’s Canada, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Greece, South Africa or India. Wherever government controls access to doctors and hospitals you’ll find...
by Heather | Jan 31, 2013 | Canadian Health Care Information
A 15-year-old boy from Maryland has invented a new test for detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages. After coming up with an idea and doing tons of online research, Jack Andraka knew he needed to test his idea in a lab. He sent an email asking for help to 200...
by Heather | Jan 8, 2013 | Funding
Proponents of Medicare incessantly tug at our heartstrings. It’s a constant distraction that keeps us from thinking too much about the state of our current health care system. For the more time people spend thinking about their own medical needs and care the...
by Heather | Sep 11, 2012 | Canadian Health Care Information
Today, I’m thinking about the Town of Gander in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The people of Gander helped thousands of airline passengers and crew stranded in their town following the horrific events of September 11, 2001. I think about the people...
by Heather | Aug 19, 2012 | Canadian Health Care Information
We already know the Canadian health care system is failing. Medicare supporters will tell you it’s because we’re just not trying hard enough, but the same dismal results can be found in the government-run health care systems of other countries. It’s...
