The MRI scanner will cost Sask. $2.4 million and should increase capacity by around 5,000 patients over the next two years. The province says using an MRI is becoming increasingly important in the diagnosis and assessment of conditions including…
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The proportion of adults who reported excellent or very good mental health (57%), a strong sense of belonging to their community (62%) and high ratings of overall life satisfaction (54%) were all significantly higher in Feb. to May 2023 than…
- NBHC Engagement
In a post on an influencer platform, AHS said it was looking to hire social media influencers for a campaign called Plan Your Health 2024. It wanted influencers to educate people about how to treat their child at home rather than the ER, fitness…
Applications are expected to open as early as next week, starting with seniors over the age of 87. Eligibility will gradually expand over the course of the year to include seniors over the age of 65 by May, then children under the age of 18 and…
The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists says it’s a situation that slowly evolved over the last year but it’s getting worse. At the Saint John Regional Cancer Centre, there should be 28 full-time positions for radiation…
A family practice anesthesiologist (FPA) is a family doctor with additional training and certification in anesthesia. They provide general and local anesthesia for non-complex cases that don't require a subspecialist. The role’s been used for…
The provincial government’s providing additional funding of $3 million to continue offering the Rural and Remote Recruitment Incentive into 2024. Available to new employees in nine high-priority health occupations, this incentive of up to $50,000…
The province says the referral system will also eventually be used for CT scans. The technology has been used for MRIs since Sept. and surgical referrals since Mar. The government hopes the technology will reduce wait times and keep patients and…
The Tukisiutik app promises to help Inuit from Nunavik and medical practitioners understand each other better. Healthcare workers and Inuktitut speakers from Nunavik, Inuit…
The centre will give at least 10,000 people access to physicians, NPs and other healthcare professionals. It’ll be located in a 19,000-square foot space in Brookside Mall. The mall is also the location of an urgent care clinic that opened last…
- NBHC Engagement
Starting Dec. 11, patients win an X-ray referral from their care provider will be able to book their own appointments online. Horizon…
A report shows 58% of Canadians 50 and older experienced loneliness, while 40% are socially isolated.…
Sask.’s surgical system achieved the highest volumes ever recorded in the first six months of the fiscal year from Apr. 1 to Sept. 30. As of Sept. 30, 47,748 procedures were performed, an increase of 10.4% YoY. The provincial government says…
Un sondage révèle que 94% conviennent que le système de santé du Canada doit être amélioré pour mieux répondre aux besoins des enfants et des jeunes. Ce sentiment est présent dans tout le pays et parmi les parents et les non-parents. Parmi les…
The New Brunswick Nurses Union says the use of travel nurses ballooned and states the use of the costly service needs to stop. It claims from Oct. 2022 to Mar. 31, Horizon spent $5 million. That number increased substantially in the five-month…
Canada’s seeing declining enrolment in family medicine as a specialty among medical students and more graduating family physicians are choosing not to practise generalist office-based care. Post-pandemic, 22% of adults in Canada don’t have a…