Kaiser Permanente completes rollout of electronic medical records
Kaiser Permanente announced Monday that it has completed the rollout of the outpatient portion of its electronic medical records program, KP HealthConnect.
The last outpatient facilities to go live, in mid-April, were part of the Oakland Medical Center, Kaiser said. Facilities at Richmond Medical Center and Santa Clara Medical […]
New medical chief aims to tackle doctor shortage
The Ontario Medical Association’s new president is calling on the province to tackle the doctor shortage.
Ken Arnold took the helm on the weekend and, in his first address yesterday, outlined several priorities he plans to focus on during his mandate. He said the first will be to […]
Patients unite to battle medical mishaps
Several families who have suffered a loss of loved ones after unusual medical events in the Calgary Health Region met yesterday to talk about their cases and try to find ways of improving the system to ensure others won’t have to endure the same pain. About a dozen families gathered […]
Is medical-marijuana use reason to deny someone an organ transplant?
The death this week of a musician who said he was denied a liver transplant because of his medical-marijuana use has highlighted a new ethical consideration: Should pot use with a doctor’s blessing be held against a dying patient who needs an organ transplant?
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Two women […]
Medical journal calls for review of Taser safety
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for more study of the health risks posed by stun guns.
The opinion piece released on Thursday argues that Taser use is a public health issue, and Canadian officials should not be relying on the manufacturer, Taser International, or […]
UCLA employee indicted for selling celebrities’ medical information
A former employee of a Los Angeles hospital has been indicted on charges of selling medical information about high-profile patients.
Charges against Lawanda Jackson, 49, were revealed Tuesday by a Los Angeles court.
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Experts urge only limited testing of blood substitutes
Experimental blood substitutes should be tested only in patients […]
