The Scottish government’s framework intends to provide national guidance for its Health Boards and partners on the design and implementation of a weight management pathway for those at…
Health in the News
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- NBHC Population Health
- NBHC Population Health
A CBoC report contends that the design features of cities, communities and buildings can create conditions that promote and foster individual and community health and…
- NBHC Sustainability
A study from American healthcare provider Humana shows:
- NBHC Population Health
This is one of the first studies to analyze the differences between men and women with heart failure in Ontario. It looked at patients who had not been initially hospitalized and found women with heart failure were more likely to be hospitalized…
- NBHC Care Experience
Health P.E.I. is now offering sexual health evening walk-in clinics in Charlottetown and Summerside. Tests are carried out by a nurse or nurse practitioner and no appointment is required. Each clinic runs from 4 to 8 p.m. and offers testing for…
- NBHC Care Experience
Hospitals typically use severity of illness scores to predict the 30-day survival of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The scores include lab results, vital signs, and physiological and demographic characteristics. But research from the…
- NBHC Care Experience
Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital opened a model of healthcare for patients with mental health and substance use challenges. The St Paul's Hospital HUB centralizes four patient-care services for a "wraparound" effect so patients don’t fall between…
- NBHC Sustainability
The website’s creator, who is also a professor in the department of psychiatry at Dalhousie University, says sleeping pills are costing the healthcare system money when there is an alternative. The website …
- NBHC Sustainability
Australia is cracking down on the anti-vaccination movement, cutting tax credits for parents who don't keep their kids' vaccines up to date. The country’s…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Canadian Medical Association is calling on the federal government to invest another $21 billion over the next decade to help provinces and territories pay for rising healthcare costs propelled by the aging population. Physicians want Ottawa…
- NBHC Sustainability
The incentive program will cover the salaries of up to 10 nurse practitioner students at Dalhousie University. The province will spend $1.4 million over two years on the incentive. Recipients will be selected based on whether they live in or are…
- NBHC Engagement
The board of the Nova Scotia Health Authority voted to open its meetings to the public and make its minutes publicly available. The plan includes a two-phased approach to becoming more transparent. The first phase sees the board publish meeting…
- NBHC Population Health
Study of four provinces finds MS patients had higher incidence of four conditions prior to diagnosis
A UBC study suggests conditions such as sleep problems, irritable bowel syndrome and depression are more common among multiple sclerosis patients five years before they…
- NBHC Sustainability
Crisis Services Canada, a national suicide prevention service, says its Canada Suicide Prevention Service program could shutter if it doesn't find short-term funding before it runs out of money in the next two months. The pilot program links…
- NBHC Care Experience
An 82-year-old Caraquet woman was cycled through four hospitals after falling and breaking her hip and was eventually transferred to the Tracadie-Sheila hospital, at which time she had already developed a bed sore. Several weeks later, her…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) estimates the economic output from the…