The province hired a think-tank of nurses and government officials to bring short-term incentives to retain nurses as it grapples with hundreds of vacancies and more who are considering leaving the profession. Among the incentives:
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Postpartum Village is an online center offering services for new parents and their infants staffed by caregivers…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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 …
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…