Primary care nurse practitioners were found to use low-value care at lower or relatively similar rates compared with the general clinician population.

A dental surgery has received a positive assessment after a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with no areas for improvement.

Poet and celebrated author Antjie Krog has just published a majestic “autobiographical novel”, Die Binnerym van Bloed (Blood’s Inner Rhyme – Penguin), traversing the lifelong writing bond with her ...

People all over P.E.I. put their life and trust into paramedics every day, but according to the Government of Canada “the ...

ONA strongly criticized the Trump administration's decision to dissolve the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices ...

A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns ...

Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a ...

The CDC has ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee to comply with President Donald Trump’s “continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy” executive order ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.