What’s New?

Dec 2008  

In November 2008, CBC Radio's Dr. Brian Goldman of "White Coat, Black Art" talked to an ER Triage nurse and two Telehealth nurses about Triage and deciding "on the fly" how sick patients are. A replication of the broadcast is available through Podcast at:

A Peek Inside the Diagnostic Mind

 

Previously:

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released its third report on emergency department wait times in October 2007. The focus of this third report is on the length of time that admitted patients wait in emergency departments for hospital beds. The report is available at:

Understanding Emergency Department Wait Times

An October 2007 report in the Globe & Mail addressed an emerging trend in healthcare: Demand and marketing, rather than effectiveness, are driving the health-care industry.

When the best remedy is nothing, why is it so hard to accept?

 

 

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Contacts:

Marilyn J. Hodgins, RN PhD, Associate Professor
Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick
(506)-458-7628 or mhodgins@unb.ca or unbf.ca/aches

The Center for Nursing Research – ACHES
(506)-458-7874
aches@unb.ca

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Acknowledgement:
This project is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Regional Partnership Program