The 24-7 service is being piloted at Horizon’s hospitals in Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton, Saint John and Waterville. The role is filled by a LPN, a personal care attendant with specialized training or a nursing student. After introducing…
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People living in the Dauphin area have to drive three-and-a-half hours to Winnipeg to access a retinal specialist, creating financial burden and stress for the patient and family. This pilot project intends to improve access to care and will have…
The federal government’s expected to launch a national diabetes strategy and advocates are emphasizing the importance of mental wellbeing for the plan. The survey found 43% of British Columbians who have the disease say it negatively impacts…
Patients are finding telehealth an acceptable strategy for maternal healthcare delivery. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) compared telehealth for the delivery of maternal healthcare (prenatal or postpartum) to usual care…
Alors qu’en Estrie, la durée moyenne pour une chirurgie bariatrique est de 76 semaines, l'Hôpital Sainte-Croix de Drummondville se démarque puisque seulement 19 semaines passent entre le moment où le patient a le feu vert des médecins et l'…
The report found nearly one in 13 opioid-related deaths in Ont. between 2018 and 2020 occurred among construction workers and among construction workers who died over half were employed at time of death. The report shows deaths among construction…
The funding's meant to improve in-school supports and pediatric rehabilitation supports for children and youth and $42 million will be used to increase access to in-school resources starting this school year. This includes establishing mental…
With the province’s strained healthcare system, there are again concerns over the number of seniors waiting to be cared for out of hospital. Horizon Health indicates that between Mar. and May 2020, 128 seniors were moved out of hospitals into…
Through NB Health Link, patients without a family doctor will be getting care until they can access a more permanent primary care solution. People on the Patient Connect list are getting phone calls asking if they want to register for NB Health…
The wait for child and adolescent mental health services can be anywhere from a month to more than a year in Man. depending on what's needed and where families are referred. A Man. psychiatric nurse started a clinic of her own and promises to see…
Counselling Alberta is a new division of the Calgary Counselling Centre that'll focus on rural Alta. communities. The Centre says its program was very successful in Calgary and Central Alta. and it's looking to deliver the same results to rural…
The program was developed with the guidance of the Indigenous advisory group Caring in All Directions and Indigenous writers in collaboration with CMHA. It’s grounded in Indigenous…
Dalhousie University's Healthy Populations Institute offers snapshots of community-level cancer risk
The Healthy Populations Institute at Dalhousie worked with the university’s Cancer Care Program to create the snapshots…
In 2019, 21% of adolescents aged 15 to 17 years reported vaping in the previous 30 days, which was almost four times higher than 12- to 14-year-olds (5%). About 90% of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years who reported vaping in the previous 30 days…
A donated vehicle and staff will allow the Salvus Clinic to bring healthcare services to some of the most vulnerable residents of Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview. A nurse practitioner says they can take the van to homeless tent sites, homeless…
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The Active for Life program, which will eventually be offered in five N.S. communities, is meant to give people who've completed physical rehabilitation programs but aren’t ready to exercise on their own the tips and confidence needed to get…