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It’s an ‘e’ World

IT’S AN ‘E’ WORLD Of the millions of websites in the world serving the healthcare sector, here are some online rankings according to GoogleAnalytics and Alexa.com. Lower is better [Google and Facebook are typically No. 1 and No. 2]. Google Rankings as of November 1, 2012. Rank*                           Publisher’s websites 10,168                           Longwoods Publishing [Canadian rank] 21,035                           […]

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Myth-busting doctor finds elections can be fatal

Published on Wednesday October 13, 2010 in The Toronto Star Share on twitter Share on facebook RICHARD LAUTENS/TORONTO STAR Dr. Donald Redelmeier’s research curiosity has taken him in some interesting directions — including the research that showed election days provoke more vehicle accidents than average. Amy Dempsey Staff Reporter Drive carefully this month — new […]

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Healthcare workers must protect patients from influenza by taking the annual vaccine

Early release, published at www.cmaj.ca on October 29, 2012. Subject to revision. By Ken Flegel MDCM MSc No right-thinking physician would ever knowingly harm a patient or fail to do some essential thing that would result in harm to a patient. This principle of medical practice is enshrined in the Latin dictum primum non nocere […]

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Organization: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario, August 13, 2012

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Progress Report 2012: Health Care in Ontario

[This is a text version of this report. It provides you all “you need to know.” Clicking on any of the links will take you to the Ontario Ministry of Health web site and a full colour/graphic version. Enjoy.] Contents: ·        Access to Care ·        Wait Times and Long-Term Care ·        Prevention ·        Mental Health ·        Fair Drug Prices Read […]

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Medical Hall of Fame lures teenagers into university laboratories

Working in a medical or science research lab may seem like a far-off dream when you are a 17-year-old high school student, but within two or three years and some legwork, you could be part of a leading lab doing important work that will advance medical science, says Dr. Robert Rose, Assistant Professor, Department of […]

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The Relationship Between Employee Engagement and Human Capital Performance

The Relationship Between Employee Engagement and Human Capital Performance report summarizes findings from the OHA exploratory research project conducted with three pilot hospitals (one acute teaching, one community, and one small). The project examines the relationship between employee engagement and several key human resources (HR) metrics. This is the first attempt by the OHA to […]

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Consumers become aware of medicines through traditional media and then to learn more often turn to the internet where quality of information may be poor.

Research Article: Click here for the entire article A Prompt to the Web: The Media and Health Information Seeking Behaviour Article Metrics Related Content Comments: 0 To add a note, highlight some text. Hide notes Make a general comment Jump to Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Author Contributions References Marie-Clare B. Hogue1,2*, Evan Doran1, David […]

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Why Most Biomedical Findings Echoed by Newspapers Turn Out to be False

Click here to download the PDF Research Article: Click here for the entire article Why Most Biomedical Findings Echoed by Newspapers Turn Out to be False: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Article Metrics Related Content Comments: 1 To add a note, highlight some text. Hide notes Make a general comment Jump to Abstract […]

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Tod Maffin – Making the Digital World Human Again

Tod Maffin was a top-flying CEO of a technology company during the web 1.0 craze. Worth millions, he led a busy life that included running his publicly traded company while hosting a national radio show on CBC Radio One about technology. He was working 16-hour days, non-stop. And then, everything crashed. More Info

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