The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer's report on the state of palliative and end-of-life care for people with cancer finds patients who could benefit from…
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The provincial government is inviting Manitobans to take part in surveys on mental health, substance use and addictions challenges as the province develops its mental health and…
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The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) has been designated as World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety and Patient…
- NBHC Care Experience
The provincial government is investing $50,000 to join other Atlantic provinces to support the Atlantic Mentorship Network - Pain and Addictions, a network of pain and addiction providers that links groups of primary healthcare providers to pain…
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A report from B.C.'s Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie finds most seniors in the province's residential care facilities feel safe, treated with respect and get…
- NBHC Population Health
CIHI reveals a dramatic rise in hospitalizations due to opioid poisonings, but doesn't make clear how many of those were from prescribed…
- NBHC Population Health
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital suggest socioeconomic inequities may be preventing millions of people in the U.S. from getting standard medications to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Their…
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Australian state government seeks input on expanding healthcare quality and patient safety reporting
An Australia Queensland Government discussion paper aims to help understand the public's views about the collection,…
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The American Hospital Association's compendium of case studies details hospital-community partnerships that have addressed priority…
- NBHC Population Health
A report by Cancer Care Ontario and Tungasuvvingat Inuit shows that cancer risk factors are more common among Inuit in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada…
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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is entertaining the idea of introducing a healthcare tax residents would have to pay based on income that would go directly into healthcare spending. Pallister didn't say how much Manitobans could be paying if the…
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U.K. researchers working with the WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN) and the European Office for Investment for Health and Development…
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Reza Mirza, Resident Physician at McMaster University, and Justin Hall, Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto point to a CIHI study indicating that up to 30% of healthcare interventions are unnecessary as the basis…
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Statistics Canada figures indicate that New Brunswick households are earning less than anywhere in the country, even though income levels in the province have grown at a slightly faster rate than the national average over the last decade.…
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The New Brunswick government has accepted the recommendations contained in a strategy developed by the Council on Aging and will implement 77…
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NHS England's Sustainable Improvement team and the Horizons team updated the Leading Large Scale Change: A Practical Guide to…