Health in the News
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Although the pandemic created an opportunity to look at care differently, the financial realities of an economic downturn and access to care are significant barriers to positive change. A Yorkville University survey of front-line mental health…
Horizon’s team partnered with Indeed.ca to host hiring events in Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to encourage nurses to work in N.B. Offers promoted during the events include hands-on support to move to and settle in the province and up to…
The Public Policy Forum believes healthcare funding should be rooted in health outcomes that matter most to Canadians. As well, the report…
The OMA's study shows primary care physicians’ transition to virtual care wasn’t associated with increased ER visits by their patients. The association says there are other reasons why ERs are…
The health council's Primer on Access to Primary Health Care states there’s limited information available about the time primary care providers spend caring for…
The provincial government wants to significantly reduce surgical wait times and free up additional spaces in hospitals, which will allow healthcare staff to perform other types of surgeries. Independent healthcare facility Canadian Surgery…
In Atlantic Canada, N.B. and P.E.I. recorded 762 and 85 deaths, respectively. Across Canada, PHAC says the toll reached 50,135 by Jan. 23. Que. saw the most confirmed deaths of any jurisdiction with 17,865 fatalities to date. Ont. has the second-…
MyHealthNB found at MyHealth Records lets people go back to the month of their last blood work and find results that include a scale showing if the results are low, normal or high. Having…
Under the previous fee-for-service model, doctors weren’t paid for the time they spent doing paperwork, reviewing lab results or updating patient charts. That will change come Feb. 1 when the…
Ont. wants to entice 2,500 healthcare workers a year to practise in communities hit with the greatest staffing challenges by covering their tuition at select postsecondary schools. The province’s plan will cover tuition, books and other direct…
The pilot projects are a collaboration between mental health service providers and school authorities using their data to tailor services toward the unique needs of local student populations. The provincial government claims the pilot projects…
Premier Doug Ford will introduce changes that would let Canadian healthcare workers registered or licensed in other provinces start immediately practicing in Ont. Currently, healthcare professionals must be registered with one of Ont.’s health…
Canadians diagnosed with most common cancers are more likely to survive the disease if they detect it at an earlier stage. The study offers the first ever Canadian estimates of five-year cancer survival by stage at diagnosis. Highlights include…
The Nova Scotia Sisterhood clinics take place in Black communities in HRM to offer a safe space where African Nova Scotian women can receive free primary care,…
- NBHC Engagement
A team of faculty, students, residents and patient/public co-investigators at UBC Health identified eight guiding principles for patient and public engagement with a medical school: reciprocity, partnership/shared decision-making, inclusion,…
In the U.S., one in four people over age 65 experience social isolation. A pair of studies strengthen observations that a lack of social contact and interactions with people on a regular basis increases the risk of dementia and suggest that…