A study found over 170,000 patients in Ont. lost their family doctors in the first six months of the pandemic, while an Angus Reid survey found six million people in Canada don’t have a family physician. As a result, a group comprised of a family…
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Over the study period, rehospitalization rates for adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause readmission rates were significantly higher for women (25% for women vs. 21% for men). Researchers say this underscores the need for ongoing efforts to…
Aimed at physicians, nurses and paramedics, the Come Home 2022 initiative is aimed at individuals from N.L. lived outside the province for at least six months. Once criteria to qualify for the program is met, applicants can qualify for one of the…
The five-year pilot will evaluate whether certain international medical graduates (IMGs) may begin independently practicing faster. Currently, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s Practice Readiness Assessment (PRA) consists of two…
The rate of reported sexual assault jumped 21% in Alta. last year. The province is now investing one million dollars towards a made-in-Alta. sexual assault DNA forensic evidence collection training program. This project will increase the number…
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB) traditionally accepts 30 medical students. This will increase to 40. The province was paying for those 10 seats to exist at Memorial University in N.L. since 2000. They’ll be moved to Dal starting next fall…
The B.C. government will table a new deal for family doctors promising a better compensation model to address rising business costs and to provide physicians with an alternative to the current fee-for-service payment system. Doctors of BC says…
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The Text4Support study will investigate the effectiveness of text messages for mental health and addictions clients aged 18 and up who access - or are being discharged from -…
Health Minister Bruce Fitch revealed the news about the recruitment push during an announcement centred around the province’s efforts to speed up recognition of foreign workers’ professional credentials. While he didn’t provide specifics, he did…
Its five-year plan includes major investments in recruitment and retention. The strategy lays out 70 total actions under four central pillars: Retain, redesign…
The goal of the Indigenous Pharmacy…
The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association's looking to clear away what it deems a financial barrier to therapy - a tax on counselling therapists and psychotherapists’ services, which experts say is unfair. While other mental health…
The study sheds light on how abortion care in Canada evolved. Findings show that:
The temporary mobile primary care clinic in Sydney is a partnership with Emergency Health Services. Care will be provided by NPs and team members will also offer virtual care. Types of concerns that may be addressed at the mobile primary care…
The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) indicates the pandemic was a precipitating factor in the development of anorexia nervosa in 49% of children and…
Half of the children in Canada who need surgery are facing wait times that far exceed clinical recommendations for treatment, a situation experts say could have serious, lifelong consequences for young patients’ development. Among the children…