U.S. caregivers are invited to create a CareMap - a hand-drawn picture showing all the people they care for as well as the people surrounding those individuals and their own…
Health in the News
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- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Care Experience
A report from U.K. charity National Voices assessing whether healthcare services in England are delivering…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) issued a statement in which CMA President Dr. Laurent Marcoux called for the federal government to invest in seniors' care, guided by a pan-Canadian seniors' strategy with the goal of renewing of the entire…
- NBHC Care Experience
Health Canada will invest $19 million over four years to address Manitoba's diabetes epidemic on First Nations under a healthcare deal that will focus on foot care. The First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (Nanaandawewigamig)…
- NBHC Engagement
The European Commission is seeking public input on transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market. The…
- NBHC Engagement
A report funded by Canadian Health Infoway and made in partnership with business school HEC Montreal and Quebec-based research and innovation institution…
- NBHC Sustainability
Manitoba's Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) will pay two private companies $15.7 million over three years to implement a transitional home-care service that will replace a program the province stopped funding earlier this year. We Care…
- NBHC Care Experience
Ontario's Southeast Local Health Integration Network is investing over $300,000 in community paramedicine programs, travelling to patients' homes to provide non-emergency care for multiple, complex illnesses or health problems complicated by…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Saskatoon Health Region reports on the implementation of an Accountable Care model at its St. Paul's Hospital, and provides an update on how the model is providing better care and better patient outcomes. Officials say targets are either…
- NBHC Care Experience
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Arthritis Alliance of Canada (AAC) launched the Osteoarthritis Tool with the goal of giving providers…
- NBHC Care Experience
The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute launched a website to help nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care. The Method for Introducing a New…
- NBHC Sustainability
The provincial government says 43 physicians have been hired in the Restigouche and Acadie-Bathurst zones of the Vitalité Health Network since Sept. 2014. Of the 43 doctors, 18 are general practitioners and 25 are specialists. The recruitment…
- NBHC Population Health
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) researchers report that people with schizophrenia die at a rate that is three times higher than the general population - and eight years…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer's report on the state of palliative and end-of-life care for people with cancer finds patients who could benefit from…
- NBHC Engagement
The provincial government is inviting Manitobans to take part in surveys on mental health, substance use and addictions challenges as the province develops its mental health and…
- NBHC Engagement
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) has been designated as World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety and Patient…