This CMAJ analysis suggests that most of the $9.7 billion required to fully fund a national pharmacare program should come from federal revenues. It explains that of the total cost of $23.2 billion for pharmacare, $13.5 billion could come from…
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- NBHC Sustainability
- NBHC Sustainability
The province is injecting $5.3 million to perform at least 1,000 more hip and knee replacement surgeries in 2019 - a 25% increase. It will also fund 2,000 additional cataract surgeries next year, comparable to a 16% increase. This year, CIHI …
- NBHC Care Experience
The experiment in France seeks to change how elderly patients are cared for. The $18,000 robot's being used at a nursing home to keep seniors occupied and to take the lead in exercises. However, nursing staff also viewed by some as a superfluous…
- NBHC Care Experience
Health PEI is piloting a tele-rounding model to support in-patient care at Western Hospital with telehealth company Maple. The company uses a tele-rounding platform for physicians who are licensed in PEI but…
- NBHC Care Experience
Under an expanded scope of practice, Alberta nurses working in travel clinics, workplace health and safety clinics and for STI programs will be allowed to order X-rays for patients or prescribe medications. They won't be permitted to write…
- NBHC Care Experience
Many seniors spend weeks to months in a hospital bed, acquiring new health problems and disabilities, only to find themselves living in a nursing home. Health experts claims the problem is that hospitals are better suited to care for healthy…
- NBHC Sustainability
Manitoba's health minister claims the cash infusion will permit about 1,000 extra hip and knee replacements to be performed next year, a 25% increase from 2018's expected total. As well, the number of cataract surgeries should increase by about 2…
- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Care Experience
Ongoing research by UBC estimates that patients who borrow money to buy prescription drugs are typically younger, with lower household incomes, chronic medical conditions and no insurance. Respondents aged 19-34 were 3.5 times more likely to…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimates that Canadians will spend $33.7 billion on prescription medications this year. The 4.2%…
- NBHC Care Experience
Pay parking at hospitals at Fraser Health's Surrey hospital has been a contentious issue and many indicated it's unfair to charge people in need of medical services or those who are there to support them. Estimates…
- NBHC Sustainability
Until Dec. 10, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will accept applications from community groups for funding for projects that inform best practices relating to dementia. The federal agency set aside $20 million for the Dementia Community…
- NBHC Care Experience
Recent surveys show millennials are less likely to have family physicians than people from other generations. In Canada, those aged 18–34 are most likely not to…
- NBHC Sustainability
The annual report from Health Quality Ontario concerning the provincial's healthcare system suggests hospital overcrowding is a symptom of other problems, such…
- NBHC Population Health
Information from CIHI showed unintentional falls represented one-third of all injury and trauma-related ER visits in Canada in the…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area says immigrants could be a solution to labour shortages in healthcare. Justin Ryan, public education co-ordinator for association describes the province not leveraging qualified immigrant…