The provincial government will seek input from youth between the ages of 12 and 25 through questionnaire of their opinions and experiences accessing mental health and addictions services in the province. Health and Community Services will use the…
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Duke University researchers piloted a digital physical therapist tool with patients who underwent total knee replacement. Reflexion Health's virtual therapist guided …
- NBHC Care Experience
The Manila-based BackApp is an app offering solutions for LTC through affiliated staffing agencies, acute care for hospital-based nurse managers looking for last-minute staff replacements and home…
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Cindy Donovan, Loch Lomond Villa's CEO in Saint John, N.B., was recognized with a Planetree Visionary Leadership Award at the Planetree conference in Boston. The award is given to those identified as being…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Trillium Gift of Life Network developed a metric to measure the province's hospitals' performance in organ donation. Called the eligible approach rate, it measures the number of families…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Family First Maternal Wellness Centre in Regina is the first of its kind in Canada to support mothers through their first year after pregnancy with all services under one roof. It offers expectant…
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Le 11 octobre marquait la journée mondiale de l'obésité et les données du Conseil de la santé de la province démontre que la situation au N.-B. est loin de s'améliorer. Le nombre de personnes en surpoids ou obèses augmente toujours. Le…
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Utah-based health system Intermountain Healthcare partnered with employer-based tech company Grand Rounds to match patients with physicians and to improve access to in-person visits. The collaboration's…
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The Medical Post (sub. only) survey shows Saskatchewan, Alberta and P.E.I. are among the top provinces for doctors to practise. Saskatchewan received the highest score in professional satisfaction - a category based on findings from the CMA’s…
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The Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN) says this is the first report to share the experiences of early stage patients in…
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is collaborating with a family medicine group in the city to allow patients - accompanied by caregivers or family - free admission to its exhibits. Under the one-year pilot project, physicians will prescribe "art…
- NBHC Care Experience
The non-profit launched a pilot project with Medaca Health Group to give plan members online access to virtual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Plan members log on to the service's digital platform to…
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With no overnight beds, Women’s College Hospital in Toronto says it’s designed to keep people out of hospital. It’s the only fully ambulatory hospital in the province. Part of its mission is to improve the broader health system and it’s a…
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Health Quality Ontario (HQO) shows patients with musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis spend the most time waiting to access healthcare…
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This survey is the first in a series of reports on the state of physician health. Overall, it found nearly 60% of respondents reported good overall…
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The updated C-CHANGE (Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour) guideline to manage cardiovascular disease can assist primary care physicians with patients at risk of heart disease. The…