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…
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- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Engagement
The ICES study sets out to learn more about the public’s views on uses and users of personal health data. Research participants were presented with background information about administrative…
- NBHC Care Experience
A third of Canadians (33%) identify long wait times as the biggest problem facing the healthcare system, while one-in-four (24%) mention bureaucracy…
- NBHC Population Health
Toddlers and preschoolers who spent high amounts of time in front of televisions, computers or digital devices were found to be less likely to reach milestones for communication skills, motor skills and problem-solving by age five. Lead author Dr…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) and the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) will extend a program whereby paramedics…
- NBHC News
The survey asked those 18 and older who live in their own homes…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Nurses' Health Program (NHP) is available to the 175,000 members of the College of Nurses of Ontario. It encourages nurses to seek treatment for mental health and/or substance use disorders and is…
- NBHC Engagement
General Practitioners Northern Ireland (RCGPNI) patient group is urging patients to reduce the impact of pressures that GPs face by using self-care, reliable online resources or asking a pharmacist for advice before making a GP appointment.…
- NBHC Care Experience
Alberta residents can access their EHRs through an online portal called MyHealth Records with any digitally-enabled device. Among the features that can be accessed online includes:
- NBHC Care Experience
Qmunity, a LGBTQ society on the University of New Brunswick campus, decided it needs to focus on healthcare after MLA David Coon indicated that Horizon Health’s CEO said transgender healthcare was not on the list of network priorities. Community…
- NBHC Sustainability
Intergenerational housing is growing in Ottawa and Toronto as well as…
- NBHC Population Health
A report on B.C. health trends from the Office of the…
- NBHC Care Experience
Quebec's seniors minister says a plan to reduce antipsychotic use among long-term care residents at 24 facilities resulted saw reduced dosages in 33% of cases, while for 53% of individuals, their use of antipsychotics ended completely. She adds…
- NBHC Sustainability
Royal Bournemouth Hospital unveiled the U.K.'s first hospital "bouncer" nurses to redirect non-urgent patients away from ERs - and the hospital says the initiative reduced waiting times dramatically. The "gatekeeper" nursing staffers are…
- NBHC Sustainability
N.Y.-based EIR Healthcare is selling units of its hospital room, called MedModular, for $285,000 per unit, which the company claims is more affordable than traditional construction. The design is…
- NBHC Sustainability
Explained by the Nova Scotia Health Authority as a staffing shortage, 22 expecting mothers in the Antigonish region were told in Dec. that midwife services were being suspended. The Association of Nova Scotia Midwives says structural issues in…