Telus Health says the technical glitches affected users of its Med Access software in Alberta, B.C., N.L., N.S., Ontario and Saskatchewan over a one-year period ending in Nov. of 2018. Seventy percent of the…
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- NBHC Care Experience
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A Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report related to pneumonia-related ER visits across the country didn’t have any…
- NBHC Care Experience
Statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) suggest that in the…
- NBHC Care Experience
Selon le président-directeur général du Réseau, Gilles Lanteigne, le Réseau de santé Vitalité cible le 7 janvier comme date de réouverture de l'unité d'obstétrique à l'hôpital régional de Bathurst. Monsieur Lanteigne a rencontré le ministre de la…
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After a successful pilot in Ottawa and Kingston, CANImmunize will be available across the province. The app…
- NBHC Population Health
The CMA wants the federal government to consider implementing the recommendations contained in a global report on the health implications of…
- NBHC Population Health
In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reports 135,000 pneumonia-related ER visits across the country. That represents a 13% increase from the previous fiscal year. CIHI also notes that one out of four…
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A study from Arthritis Research Canada looked at the costs from lost productivity as a result of individuals suffering from one of three systemic autoimmune rheumatic…
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NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal health system in the U.S. It started the eConsult pilot in 2016 and has scaled up the program. About 51,000 referrals were made through the tool since the pilot began. The eConsult platform is…
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La Fédération des pharmaciens du Québec (FPQ) prétend que le réseau de la santé pourrait économiser près de 500 millions $ et verrait la pression sur les urgences diminuée si chaque pharmacie faisait, en moyenne, deux consultations de santé de…
- NBHC Population Health
U.S. Centers for Disease Control researchers found adults aged 25 to 64 years who were diagnosed with diabetes during the study period had increased medical…
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The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance gave Canada a D+ in overall physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and a D in the newest indicator, physical fitness. The…
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The Alberta government introduced legislation that would establish a self-regulating body for mental health professionals…
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North York General Hospital's (NYGH) ED sees more than 110,000 emergency visits a year. After evaluating the number of lab tests ordered in the hospital, it was found that about 40% came from the ED. Many of the tests were unnecessary and being…
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A professor of family medicine at UBC conducted an informal survey of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) service providers and found that only 14% of applicants are turned down. Of those, the reasons are inability to make the decision (39%),…