Executives from Geisinger, George Washington University Hospital and TigerText, which develops communication platforms for medical professionals, have created a multi-organization Patient Safety Committee…
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The province's auditor general said in her annual report that the province is spending millions to send patients to the U.S. for stem cell transplants…
- NBHC Population Health
A Conference Board of Canada report finds that over 4 million Canadians aren't enrolled for either public or private coverage, despite being eligible. The report…
- NBHC Care Experience
Canadian patients now face the longest ever recorded wait times in over two decades of tracking by the Institute, with a median wait time of 21.2 weeks for medically necessary treatment. The…
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The Health Quality Council (HQC) partnered with health systems and patient/family advisors to develop this…
- NBHC Care Experience
Patients whose hip surgeries were performed by surgeons overseeing two operations at once were almost twice as likely to suffer serious complications as those whose doctors focused on one patient at a time. It’s the first study (analyzing…
- NBHC Sustainability
KPMG’s report includes recommendations that were implemented and some that are underway in the province’s healthcare system. Among those recommendations include …
- NBHC Care Experience
The CIHI data shows the emergency department (ED) length of stay for people admitted to hospital in 2016–2017 was up 11% from the year before and almost 17% from 5 years ago. CIHI says the patterns highlighted here confirm concerns raised by…
- NBHC Care Experience
In trying to define "the optimal patient experience," independent U.S. organisations The Beryl Institute and the American Association for Physician Leadership interviewed patients and physicians to identify how to be better aligned and how to…
- NBHC Care Experience
A director of the digital psychiatry program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston says using chatbots for mental health is an innovative approach to increase access to care. As examples, he cites an app called Karim that counsels…
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In the U.S., high-alert medications are identified subjectively through national safety organizations, error reporting, expert consensus and literature. To improve the situation, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) developed a…
- NBHC Sustainability
Following a review by NHS England of treatments it deems shouldn't be prescribed, several medications and vaccination drugs are set to be cut from a prescription list in a plan to save almost $350 million per year. The NHS drew a…
- NBHC Engagement
The country’s Ministry of Health developed the clinical guidelines for primary healthcare…
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The province is expanding the Alzheimer Society's First Link program to provide 14,000 people diagnosed with dementia, and their care partners, with a First Link Care Navigator.…
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Harvard Medical School researchers found U.S. Medicare’s Value-Based Payment Modifier Program, designed to improve…
- NBHC Population Health
Using data from the 2016 census, StatsCan finds that 53% of men 65 or older did some work in 2015, up from 38% in 1995. Full-time employment for elderly men also increased: from 15% in 1995 to 23% in 2015. Women are also working past normal…