A rural Cape Breton doctor is leaving the province to work in P.E.I. due to concerns over the sustainability of the healthcare system, an overloaded work schedule and a busy ER. Dr. Emily Beaton, who is originally from N.B., says that ER closures…
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- NBHC Sustainability
- NBHC Care Experience
The guidance from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is telling doctors to reduce the use of medical jargon when communicating with patients. RCP believes this will also encourage patients to take more control of their care plans. The…
- NBHC Care Experience
Under Saskatchewan's prescription review program, physicians will receive a report card comparing their prescribing habits to those of their colleagues. The drug classes targeted are opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants and gabapentin. Physicians…
- NBHC Care Experience
Health Sciences North opened its Integrated Chronic Pain Program at the Sudbury Outpatient Centre to provide patients with ways to manage their chronic pain. The hospital says the program offers personalized treatment programs that include access…
- NBHC Care Experience
Data from Alberta Health Services concludes cardiac care in the province isn't working for rural Albertans. It suggests two improvement…
- NBHC News
All four political parties that won seats in the Sept. 24 provincial election promised to use the most highly trained nurses more often. Telegraph Journal’s Legislature Bureau editor John Chilibeck believes this means the province may to be ready…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Access 24/7 addiction and mental health clinic will be attached to Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital. It'll provide patients with round-the-clock assessment and crisis counselling, as well as stabilization, referrals and telephone support.…
- NBHC Population Health
Physical literacy goes beyond fitness and includes the motivation, confidence and knowledge to engage in physical activities that can help throughout life. The CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa says its research is evidence that children aged…
- NBHC Care Experience
La recherche de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique indique que les femmes qui ont recours aux services d’une sage-femme durant leur grossesse courent moins de risques d’accoucher avant terme, d’avoir un bébé de petit poids ou d’avoir un…
- NBHC Sustainability
It the first phase of a healthcare overhaul in Manitoba a year ago, the WRHA closed Misericordia’s Urgent Care Centre and the ER at Victoria Hospital was changed to an urgent care centre. The COO at the WRHA says this year has seen record low…
- NBHC Care Experience
Johns Hopkins University researchers developed an algorithm that can reduce the rate of patients who don't show up for scheduled medical appointments and increase appointment availability. Use of the tool allowed the Johns Hopkins Community…
- NBHC Sustainability
The province’s plan includes funding 1,100 hospital beds, including 655 new beds and 450 existing ones. The announcement is separate from the PC government’s plan to create 15,000 new long-term care beds over the next five years.
- NBHC Sustainability
Southcoast Health, an affiliation of three partner hospitals in Mass., and nursing facilities have been working on the Project ReD (Re-Engineered Discharge) program, to improve how elderly…
- NBHC Care Experience
A St. Michael's-Providence clinical collaboration in Toronto could double the number of pressure wound surgeries performed at St. Michael's each year. Providence staff offer enhanced knowledge to provide rehabilitation for patients who undergo…
- NBHC Sustainability
MacEwan University's $4-million clinical-education facility is expected to pilot a new approach to healthcare training. It's designed with a co-ordinated, team-based approach in mind and features 21 exam rooms with video cameras, mental health…
- NBHC Population Health
The University of Manitoba study found children and teens living with mental illness are less likely to graduate from high school, more likely to be involved in the justice system, experience suicidal behaviour and require income assistance in…