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The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has released its organizational structure as the transition from 12 health regions in the province to a single body continues. The SHA will launch operations on Dec. 4, 2017. The senior leadership team will…
A Corporate Research Associates survey finds the number of Atlantic Canadians who currently have a family doctor remains high, despite a slight decline over the past four years. Nearly nine in 10 Atlantic Canadians (88%, down from 91% in 2013)…
The think-tank contends that despite spending more on healthcare than almost every other comparable country with…
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…
A report from U.K. charity National Voices assessing whether healthcare services in England are delivering…
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…
The European Commission is seeking public input on transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market. The…
A report funded by Canadian Health Infoway and made in partnership with business school HEC Montreal and Quebec-based research and innovation institution…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…