Up to 40 people will be accepted into the program, created through a partnership with the Michener Institute of Education at University Health Network. People in the program will sign a return of service agreement for a position with Nova Scotia…
Health in the News
Note: These are summaries of information originally produced by external sources (media, press releases, government, etc.). All questions should be directed to the original news source listed.
At the end of the study period, 17% of those who were alive didn’t receive a follow-up test to determine whether they had an active infection and close to 60% who had a positive test didn’t begin treatment. Researchers say a lack of access to…
Researchers found an alarming number of high school students (26%) in Canada reported having vaped in the previous month and what they're inhaling with vapes or e-cigarettes is even more…
The project aimed to understand if the care of chronic pain patients offered by family physicians can be improved. Family doctors are on the frontline of pain treatment since pain clinics in Ont. have long wait lists. The pilot study also…
The results were lower among women (43%) and residents of Atlantic Canada (25%). In B.C., 52% of residents say…
Healthcare leaders part of the Public Policy Forum are calling for major reforms related to how Canadians access the health system, including scaling up team-based primary care. The…
Long term-care models are moving toward hospital-like facilities but governments should look into house-like LTC homes instead of institutional models to improve quality of life. The researchers define the small-scale, home-like model as housing…
Over in five Canadians (6.5 million people) don't have a family physician or NP they see regularly. That’s a dramatic increase since 2019 when Statistics Canada estimated…
This study suggests there are income-based disparities present even in countries with universal healthcare and robust social services. Researchers…
It’s part of the government’s push to increase community care options and ease health system pressures. While midwives say the step is welcome, they add government regulations are still preventing them from practicing within their full scope.…
It's the first province to adopt minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in an effort to improve nurses’ working conditions and patient care. The model, based on nurse-to-patient ratios in Calif. and Australia, will allow nurses to spend more…
The report finds healthcare workers feared for their personal safety during the pandemic because of a lack of protective equipment and the absence of any systematic support and…
- NBHC Engagement
It’s part of a plan to increase the sharing of test results, such as lab results, with patients so they can be more involved in their ongoing care. The provincial patient portal,…
Build Back Better surveyed the population to explore how the pandemic affected four areas of health equity: housing access, food security, mental health and substance use. The early findings about housing and food security in the province…
Syphilis made a global resurgence over the last five years and Canada's an outlier among wealthy nations in its rate of increase. The incidence of babies born with syphilis reached 26 per 100,000 live births in 2021, up from two in 2017, a 13-…
The province is betting the system will lead to shorter wait times. Instead of faxing, emailing or mailing requests to a surgeon, primary care providers will use the Ocean eReferrals system to send their requests for surgical consultations. The…