The U.K.'s Care Quality Commission (CQC) is concerned patients' chances of making a full recovery are negatively impacted when they're denied contact with relatives and friends. Its…
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- NBHC Care Experience
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The federal government's budget allocated $75 million for a seniors pilot project. The funding, tabled in the 2018 budget, will be provided through the Public…
- NBHC Population Health
Penn.-based Health Plan Partners (HPP) said its work with the state's Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANN) led to lower blood glucose…
- NBHC Care Experience
This is an example of a healthcare organization joining community workers to address population health and social determinants of health. U.S.-based Health Education Research …
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The community, called The Village, will be designed for people with dementia and be built in Langley, B.C. It will be comprised of six, single-storey, cottage-style homes and a community centre. It…
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The CMA notes that the 2018 Federal Budget includes seniors care initiatives that the association highlighted in its pre-budget…
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Foundry serves as walk-in-clinics for young people to get their mental health needs met in one location…
- NBHC Sustainability
Representatives from the Epidemiology Co-ordinating and Research Centre in Alberta and Hypertension Canada told a group of New Brunswick cabinet ministers how the provincial government could save $445 million off its healthcare budget over the…
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The U.K. health secretary told an international conference on patient safety that health was one of the last professions yet to fully adopt the use of first names. He believes medicine’s strict hierarchy prevents junior staff from speaking up…
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Additional mental health spending will go toward growing student wellbeing teams to include all P.E.I. schools. In home and community care, three inter-related projects, which were previously announced, will enhance the role of paramedics…
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SoftBank Robotics America’s (SBRA) humanoid robots will be used as part of a pilot program at the Toronto hospital. The hospital introduced two Pepper robots…
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The New Brunswick government is expanding its coverage of insulin pumps for residents with diabetes. Beginning Apr. 1, the age limit for eligibility for the program will rise from 18 to 25. The province set aside $300,000 for the expanded service…
- NBHC Population Health
The Lancet showcased the medical system in a series of articles and commentary authored by a collection of scholars and public figures across the country. Disparities between health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous is one of the central…
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Discharge plans from hospital can be complex and can often include follow up tests, appointments, changes to medications and commencement of additional or new care services. Rockingham General Hospital in Australia designed the Aged Care…
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Frost & Sullivan's Patient Safety in Healthcare, Forecast to 2022 predicts that patient safety will become a core value proposition…
- NBHC Population Health
The Deloitte survey of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. found 88% support for, and…