The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, led by Baycrest Health Sciences, has up to $3 million available in the…
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- NBHC Care Experience
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England NHS policy encourages general practices to implement alternatives to face-to-face consultations to improve access to healthcare and reduce GP workload. But University of Bristol researchers…
- NBHC Engagement
An obstetric and gynecology clinic in Charlottetown is using a whiteboard to inform patients of the cost of missed appointments, which totaled more than 18.5 hours of specialists' time in the month of December, 18.4 hours in November and 15.2…
- NBHC Sustainability
A paper from the BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) suggests an additional investment on the part of the provincial government of $110 million…
- NBHC Engagement
An online course (login req.) developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health addresses the stigmatization of people with mental health and…
- NBHC Care Experience
The B.C. government says it'll increase the amount of care each senior in residential care receives by 20 minutes per day. The province's own guidelines are for a minimum of three hours and 36 minutes of hands-on care per resident per day. The…
- NBHC Population Health
Harvard Medical School research found that personality traits crafted from early life experience predict well-being and wisdom later in life. In order to look at whether personality traits in formative years related to personality growth or…
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Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, according to a study done in French nursing…
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Amazon is looking to expand its healthcare supply chain business to become a major supplier for U.S. hospitals and outpatient clinics. The company is piloting a program with an unnamed Midwestern hospital system using its B2B marketplace, called…
- NBHC Population Health
Researchers from UBC, Simon Fraser University, McMaster University and the University of Toronto suggest Canadians put off necessities in order to afford the cost of medicines. The…
- NBHC Population Health
A Université Laval study found the risk of dying from a stroke is approximately 25% higher for patients treated in rural areas across the country because many…
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U.S. non-profit program shows family involvement in caregiving can help healing, reduce readmissions
A voluntary program let by Utah-based non-profit Intermountain Healthcare allows family members of hospitalized patients to participate in their care to help them heal faster and reduce readmission rates.
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Premier Brian Gallant said hip and knee joint replacements constitute the greatest waits for orthopedic surgeries and said referrals have been on the rise because of an aging population, making it harder to offer reasonable wait times. The…
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A website called Stories for Caregivers provides caregivers in B.C. a resource to identify community program and online learning modules. A family physician who's spearheading the project…
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Northwest Territories partners with Choosing Wisely to reduce unnecessary prescriptions, lab testing
The campaign aims to help doctors and patients better communicate and understand healthcare options. Choosing Wisely N.W.T. believes that as much as 30% of healthcare in Canada is unnecessary. This, with over-use of antibiotics is also an issue…
- NBHC Sustainability
Enginers in the U.K. believe modified smart homes for the elderly could mean a saving of $3.4 billion a year for the NHS and councils. Homes built with older people in mind, as well as retrofit technology for existing housing, could allow people…