SoftBank Robotics America’s (SBRA) humanoid robots will be used as part of a pilot program at the Toronto hospital. The hospital introduced two Pepper robots…
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Discharge plans from hospital can be complex and can often include follow up tests, appointments, changes to medications and commencement of additional or new care services. Rockingham General Hospital in Australia designed the Aged Care…
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Leaders at Boston Medical Center report that recognizing the work of support staffers can pay off across the hospital and serve as a recruitment and retainment strategy. BMC believes acknowledging what these "unsung heroes" are doing can reduce…
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Frost & Sullivan's Patient Safety in Healthcare, Forecast to 2022 predicts that patient safety will become a core value proposition…
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The Deloitte survey of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. found 88% support for, and…
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Figures from the country’s Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) show there were 7,800 fewer than expected deaths between the first three months of 2014 and…
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Alberta Health Services says ER wait times will be available for users of Amazon's Alexa technology. The AHS Alexa Skill app will provide wait estimates for hospitals in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. AHS claims it's…
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Researchers studying the role community navigators can play in reducing the burden of "superusers" on the healthcare system report that the intervention reduced their encounters by 39%. Superusers often have complex socioeconomic needs, and…
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The province’s Department of Seniors is looking for ideas from the private, public, not-for-profit and academic sectors to develop a social innovation lab on aging to generate ideas and solutions. The social innovation lab approach is…
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Research by public health analysts at the University of Toronto finds gains in life expectancy differ substantially across regions in Ontario, with people living in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas being healthier than those living in…
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The B.C. government already cut medical service payments (MSPs) in half on Jan. 1. In its 2018 provincial budget, the governing NDP pledged to remove the premium…
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The Alberta Government will set aside an additional $11 million to add 20 paramedics in Calgary and Edmonton and a further 26 in smaller cities and towns to provide home care to seniors in non-emergency situations. Under the program, paramedics…
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CMAJ says an Ontario court ruling means a physician personal beliefs are trumped by a patient's right for care. The court ruled that physicians who object to medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for moral or religious reasons must refer their…
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CIHI says hospitals are gathering real-time data in an effort to improve patient flows and ensure resources are optimized. It highlights two approaches to the use of command centres in Ontario: one that is paper-based at Windsor Regional Hospital…
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As part of its mission to drive positive outcomes across the community, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare and nearby community-based organizations worked with two data software platforms. One, Pieces Decision Sciences, aims to improve outcomes within…
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The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, led by Baycrest Health Sciences, has up to $3 million available in the…