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- NBHC Engagement
The survey, conducted on the second anniversary of the pandemic, suggests 40% of people aged 18 to 34 agree their mental health is at a breaking point. A clinical psychologist explains COVID-19 impacts were felt more acutely by young adults who…
- NBHC Engagement
In reviewing its pandemic response, the B.C. government won't be allowing discussion of decisions made by either the government or the provincial health officer. Also excluded from the debate will be any decisions relating to the economy,…
- NBHC Sustainability
Heart & Stroke’s annual report finds patients hospitalized for one vascular condition are at significant risk of experiencing additional vascular conditions and shows that the…
- NBHC Sustainability
Doctors are seeing smaller payment increases at the same time that the number of doctors per Canadian is rising. In 2016-2017, total gross clinical…
- NBHC Care Experience
Ombud Charles Murray released findings of his office's investigation of complaints from patients alleging mistreatment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, caused in part by chronic understaffing. Among its findings:
- NBHC Sustainability
Horizon Health Network is in discussions with UNB to increase seats for nursing students and it’s looking to ramp up recruitment efforts nationally and internationally. Karen McGrath, the CEO of the Horizon Health Network, told the legislature…
- NBHC Care Experience
Experts warn other hospitals should watch closely as London’s largest hospital reviews how it flags potentially…
- NBHC Care Experience
The University of Alberta hosted a three-day workshop offered by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) about mental health, hormone treatment, surgical options, laws, policies and…
- NBHC Population Health
A report from Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) estimates the cost in lost productivity from parents missing work to care for children and youth with mental health issues at $421 million in 2017. The CMHO finds that one-third of Ontario…
- NBHC Care Experience
As part of a $4.2-million project, the province is setting up Community Recovery Teams (CRTs) made up of six healthcare professionals to work with people who have severe mental illnesses. The project will be set up in eight communities and each…
- NBHC Care Experience
As data from the province’s two health authorities suggest hundreds of non-urgent surgeries are cancelled every month, the president of the New Brunswick Medical Society wants the government to understand the domino effect they cause the health…
- NBHC Engagement
York, Ontario’s West Park Healthcare Centre will transform its 115-year old campus into a world-class, integrated campus of care, with a…
- NBHC Sustainability
The B.C. government says 72 deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgeries will be performed in the province in the current fiscal year on Parkinson's patients who no longer respond to medication. That's double the number of procedures that took place…
- NBHC Care Experience
The program - implemented at all 68 nursing home organizations in New Brunswick - substitutes non-drug therapies for antipsychotics for seniors living with…
- NBHC Care Experience
The handwritten questionnaire filled out by families accessing services through the IWK Health Centre’s Mental Health and Addictions program takes time to process and the information isn’t available to clinicians until after patients have left…