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Hospital ERs in Canada are at a breaking point and have been for some time. Is this the new normal?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-hospitals-wait-times-9.7123684?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories 6d ago

Hospital ERs in Canada are at a breaking point and have been for some time. Is this the new normal?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-hospitals-wait-times-9.7123684?cmp=rss

CBC Prince Edward Island Mar 4

Could nurse practitioners in P.E.I. work in hospital ERs?
Nurse practitioners play a pivotal role in Prince Edward Island’s health-care system, but are there opportunities for expanding their practice into areas like hospital emergency rooms? CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin discussed that with Ellen Christie, the provincial nurse practitioner director and the president of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7114738?cmp=rss

Hacker News Sep 25

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211

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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared to similar hospitals, a study says.

NBC News