The Alberta government is providing $400,000 in funding to Native Friendships Centres to hire navigators to connect people with treatment, harm reduction and culturally sensitive wraparound services as it relates to opioid use. Navigators were…
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Figures showing a breakdown of how long patients are waiting to be matched with a provider in the government-run Patient Connect database show nearly 17,000 people on the wait list went more than two years without finding a family doctor. The…
- NBHC Care Experience
A study led by ICES finds that between 2013 and 2016, the percentage of opioid-related deaths in Ontario that could be traced to prescriptions declined from 38% to 33%. Older…
- NBHC Sustainability
B.C.'s Attorney General filed a class-action lawsuit in the province's supreme court against over 40 defendants, including opioid manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacy chains. The goal is to recover some of the millions of dollars the…
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In an effort to help patients spend less time sitting in the ER waiting room, student entrepreneurs in Fredericton created an app that would notify less urgent patients when their turn to see an ER doctor is approaching. Such apps are already in…
- NBHC Population Health
The Seattle Children's Research Institute analyzed children living in different types of neighbourhoods and found kids who resided in less walkable areas with fewer recreational…
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A report from the Fraser Institute contends the federal government's plan to regulate drug costs could be harmful to…
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CMAJ points out that when presented with a patient with co- or multi-morbidities, physicians tend to think about the individual conditions independently and not about the complex interactions between them. Treatments follow the same pattern, with…
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L'équipe de recherche INTERACT tentera de déterminer les effets de nouvelles infrastructures urbaines dans quatre villes sur la santé physique et mentale. À Saskatoon, l’autobus à haut niveau de service…
- NBHC Population Health
A report from the C.D. Howe Institute suggests the…
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A doctor practicing in B.C. says Canada should adopt Australia's policy and have one federal licensing body for physicians. He explains that to work temporarily in other provinces (locum) requires applying for a license in the new jurisdiction.…
- NBHC Population Health
Studies have been focusing on volunteering as most of the population with the greatest risk of dementia – people over age 65 – is no longer working. One study…
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The Canadian Institute for Health Information estimates that 3% of individuals with dementia are under the age of 65. In fiscal year 2015-2016, 2,481 early-onset dementia patients were admitted to hospitals. CIHI reports dementia patients under…
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RAND Corporation reviewed a range of approaches to patient-empowered record matching, concluding mobile devices and smartphone apps offer a promising approach to ensure…
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To help make a case for e-prescribing services, a survey conducted for Infoway finds that 40% of patients…
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At the front edge of Baby Boomers, retirees are downsizing or moving into gated senior communities, says the Senior Medical Fellow at the American Council on Science and Health. The internet of things, the world of smart thermostats and light…