Health in the News
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The change means more health professionals in ERs will be able to assist people in crisis as well as reduced wait time. Nurse practitioners in B.C. are now allowed to admit people to hospital under the Mental Health Act to reduce long waits for a…
Highlighting the need for more enhanced and targeted suicide prevention efforts, the CAMH study of national suicide rates in 33 countries in the…
Research teams from the universities of Alberta and Calgary were awarded $9.6 million to accelerate innovation in healthcare. The investment will allow researchers to deploy emerging health technologies to improve quality of care in various…
The law would essentially bring private clinics into the health system more formally. The bill says applicants seeking to set up new private clinics would have to show how they plan to recruit staff while still protecting the needs of public…
COVID-19 was the sixth most common reason kids aged zero to four were hospitalized in 2021-2022. This represents an increase of more than 600%, with a total of 2,315 COVID-19 hospitalizations among this cohort compared with 325 hospitalizations…
Pilot projects for improving the health outcomes for Indigenous people in Alta. are under way:
Adding fuel to the debate over two-tier healthcare in Ont. and the rest of the country, some doctors in Ont. are offering their patients seven-day a week rapid access to appointments with a nurse practitioner for around $30 a month. It's legal…
The province is the first site in North America to implement the technology. Through the Oncology Transformation Project, Nova Scotia Health is creating a single access point for cancer patient referrals, triage and treatment, which is said to…
The Road Ahead clinic program includes two vehicles providing support for those who have difficulty accessing services in rural and remote areas. They provide counselling and therapy, support with addictions…
The study has implications for health equity as McMaster University researchers found the degree to which people were affected depended on factors like race, immigration status, sex, age and education and income levels. From Sept. to Dec. 2020,…
The number of British Columbians getting their prescription medications renewed or adjusted at their local drug store without first contacting a physician more than doubled since the province broadened pharmacists’ scope several months ago. It's…
The CMHA deplores that the country's healthcare system forces children to get very sick before we give them mental healthcare. It reports that three in four children with mental health issues can’t get the care they need because it’s not…
Notable mortality difference was found when it comes to HIV/AIDS-related deaths in Black people, potentially because of health inequities, therapy adherence and treatment delays. Apart from HIV/AIDS, Black males were at an increased risk of dying…
The Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) notes of the $46.2 billion pledged by the federal government ostensibly for health, $19.5 billion comes with no conditions…
Campaign 2000 reports during the pandemic, rates of…
Within Canada, N.B. has the highest proportion of alternate level of care (ALC) patients using hospital beds that are supposed to be dedicated to surgical and acute-care patients. As part of this…