Toronto-based MedWorks says its app connects consumers in Ont. with health service providers in their community,…
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The Cultural Safety and Humility Standard (available for purchase) is designed to address Indigenous-specific racism in care delivery and to provide…
The Burnaby, B.C. university would be the first institution in western Canada to open a medical school in 55 years. The funding will support curriculum, space and staff planning and the hiring of an interim dean to provide provide strategic…
By 2024, the number of seats available through Practice Ready Assessment will triple to 96. The B.C. government says the program provides a pathway for foreign-trained doctors to qualify as physicians in the…
Doctors in the province are supporting a petition in opposition to the Ont. government's changes to virtual healthcare set to take effect on Dec. 1. The…
Amid a surge in children suffering from respiratory illness leading to wait times of up to 18 hours at the Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) in Calgary, the province will install a heated trailer next to the ED ACH. The trailer will be used only…
Since Sept., over two dozen surgeries were performed in the province using the da Vinci Surgical System. So far, the robots assisted with procedures involving the prostate, kidney and bladder, with…
The Competition Bureau believes pro-competitive policies…
Horizon Health Network's planning ER changes to cope with staff shortages and wait times and says the solutions could mitigate some of the influx of patients due to RSV, infections, the flu and COVID-19. The changes centre around patient flow at…
Such centres exist in B.C. and Alta. and there are a few in Ont. already.
Facilities in Cape Breton, Antigonish and Guysborough counties dealt with over 4,600 no-shows for scheduled diagnostic imaging appointments last year, resulting in unused appointment times and inefficient use of staffing and equipment. This…
Canadians were already waiting an average of 50 to 82 days for CT scans and 89 days for MRI prior to the pandemic. The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) says this is 20 to 50 days longer than the recommended 30-day wait time and the…
The group showed that 42% of its membership recently left a position or are considering leaving as the advocate group wanrs NPs are overburdened and burned out. The NPNB adds six nurse practitioners left the Saint John region over the past year,…
To address chronic shortages, ongoing burnout, consistent overtime, poor mental health and poor working conditions the…
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The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health created the undergraduate-level textbook to offer a…