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Nurse who posted critical remarks launches appeal

September 25, 2019


Carolyn StromREGINA – A Saskatchewan nurse is fighting a $26,000 fine she received after posting critical comments to Facebook about her grandfather’s care in a long-term health facility. Carolyn Strom (pictured) was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association in 2016 and handed the financial penalty. Read More

Docs not pleased when patients record procedures

July 10, 2019


James StempienSASKATOON – According to a new study by Dr. James Stempien (pictured) and three colleagues, more people are asking to record their own emergency procedures, a self-documentary trend that’s creating controversy among medical staff. Dr. Stempien is provincial head of emergency medicine in the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The other authors included Taofiq Oyedokun, Andrew Donauer and Shari McKay. Read More

Patients go online to fund dodgy therapies

January 9, 2019


Jeremy SnyderTimothy CaulfieldLONDON, UK – Canadian researchers have published a paper in the The Lancet showing that a growing number of cancer patients are using online sites like GoFundMe to raise money for alternative treatments, such as homeopathic remedies. Unfortunately, most of the treatments are medically unproven and possibly dangerous. Read More

Nurse fined for speaking out on Facebook

April 19, 2017


Carolyn StromREGINA – The Saskatchewan nurse found guilty of professional misconduct for writing on Facebook about her grandfather’s healthcare experience has been slapped with a $26,000 fine. In February 2015, Carolyn Strom (pictured) posted her opinions on the treatment of her grandfather. She criticized the long-term care home where he was staying and felt the care was inadequate. Read More

Nurse who vented online found guilty of misconduct

December 14, 2016


Carolyn Strom REGINA – A Saskatchewan nurse who used Twitter and Facebook to express doubts about the quality of care given to a family member in a nursing home has been found guilty of professional misconduct, according to a recent decision by the body that oversees nursing in the province. Read More

Sunnybrook shines in its use of Twitter and other social media

By Jerry Zeidenberg

May 2, 2016


TORONTO – Sunnybrook Hospital now has the most watched YouTube channel of any hospital in Canada, says Sivan Keren Young, the medical centre’s chief of web and social media. She added, “We couldn’t say that when we first started,” as the organization had to learn how to use social media effectively. Read More

Surgery helps six-legged cat with rare disorder

July 22, 2015


Pauly EDMONTON – Pauly, a street cat in Edmonton, has been rescued and is now undergoing treatment for a rare disorder – he has six legs. His two extra legs are attached to his sternum behind his front legs. Read More

Infoway awards cash to social media campaigns

November 19, 2014


Fraser Ratchford TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway has announced the winners of its Public Health Social Media Challenge. The Public Health Social Media Challenge, the latest initiative in the Infoway ImagineNation Challenge series, was designed to support public health organizations in a quest to harness the power of social media to address public health issues and concerns. Teams with the most ‘infectious’ social media campaigns were eligible to share awards and incentives. Read More

Application connects doctors in private networks

By Jerry Zeidenberg

September 3, 2014


HALIFAX – Many Canadian doctors have installed electronic health records to improve the way they care for patients. Some physicians have even created connections to local labs and hospitals to speed up the flow of information. However, something that was largely overlooked was improving the simple task of communicating between the doctors themselves – most of them still rely on phone and fax, a slow and laborious method at best. Read More

Patrick Dempsey partners with CrowdMed

May 21, 2014


Patrick Dempsey SAN FRANCISCO – CrowdMed, an online crowd-sourced medical diagnosis platform that helps solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases, announced that Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey (pictured) has made an investment in the company. Almost one in 10 Americans – and 350 million people globally – are affected by the approximately 7,000 different types of rare or difficult-to-diagnose medical conditions. With this investment, Dempsey is working with CrowdMed to help expand the platform and give an additional resource to those facing undiagnosed illnesses. Read More

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