The research explains that since more and more patients are released the same day as their operations, they lose attention and education provided by nurses. That loss in post-operative oversight increased the chance they’ll experience concerns or…
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- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Care Experience
The study showed that EDs that treat the highest number of patients with chest pain have the best outcomes in Ontario. The ICES implies that these results have…
- NBHC Sustainability
Plus d’un an après le lancement de Rendez-vous Santé Québec (RVSQ), sur environ 1400 établissements dans la province, 33 cliniques médicales s’en servent et 20 super cliniques sur 48 l’utilisent. Ces dernières devaient obligatoirement s’inscrire…
- NBHC Population Health
Canada's Chief Public Officer of Health says the country's life expectancy may be decreasing for the first time in decades as a result of the opioid crisis. In her…
- NBHC Sustainability
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says MOHLTC has undergone an organizational realignment as part of efforts to address "the ongoing hallway healthcare crisis in our healthcare system." She says some divisions and branches will be merged…
- NBHC Care Experience
The province says the International Resident Assessment Instrument for Long Term Care Facilities (interRAI) will enhance quality of care in long-term care facilities. The online care management tool will…
- NBHC News
Trillium Health Partners and SE Health were awarded the 2018 Minister's Medal for their cardiac program, Putting Patients at the Heart. The program has the hospital and home care acting as a team and can share…
- NBHC Population Health
Canadian studies presented at the World Stroke Congress include:
- NBHC News
StatsCan figures indicate that people with mental health-related disabilities are more than twice as likely to be assaulted than those who aren't. The agency…
- NBHC Sustainability
Physician assistants (PA) are permitted in Alberta, Manitoba, N.B., and Ontario. However, the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says B.C. should recognize the profession to ease doctor shortages and wait times, as well as providing…
- NBHC Care Experience
The NCPEI suggests the Island’s off-reserve Indigenous population is experiencing disproportionately high rates of chronic disease and mental health issues. It revealed the off-reserve Indigenous population doesn't feel that Health P.E.I.…
- NBHC Engagement
Patients discharged in September will receive a postcard in the mail with the link to a survey. Health PEI hospitals started collecting patients’ email addresses over the past year and the survey will be sent by email to patients after discharge…
- NBHC Care Experience
In a report, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta cited the case of a former Alberta Health Services' employee who looked at the medical records of 1,418 patients…
- NBHC Sustainability
Eugene Litvak, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and president of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization…
- NBHC Sustainability
Think Research is Toronto startup that developed software to give physicians alternatives to opioids when treating patients undergoing surgery. The technology recommends pain treatments and care…
- NBHC Sustainability
A report from the Fraser Institute finds that while levels of coverage vary by province, three key vulnerable groups - lower-…