The Anesthesia Care Team (ACT) model aims to reduce surgical wait times by drawing upon the skills of respiratory therapists (RT). AHS claims having a RT perform certain tasks traditionally performed by an anesthesiologist allows…
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The CIHR-funded project will apply a social justice lens to examine the pandemic’s impact on the mental health, substance use (opioids), food insecurity and precarious housing situations among equity-seeking groups such as Indigenous citizens,…
Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC) and Alberta Health Services (AHS) entered a MoU to design and implement an Indigenous Health Clinic at a regional health centre in Fort McMurray to improve on access to quality healthcare for Indigenous people. The…
Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says COVID-19 is still circulating widely and the risk of re-emergence remains. She advised Canadians to keep wearing masks and ensure vaccinations are up to date with the risk of a rise in…
Smokers who are ready to quit will be supported by about 500 Man. pharmacists trained in smoking cessation tools and supports. People aged 18 and over are eligible for the program and can approach participating pharmacies for an initial…
The province's COVID-19 dashboard shows 633 healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 and isolating. The emergency department at the Sussex Health Centre was…
N.W.T.’s health minister introduced Bill 40 in 2021 to allow medical practitioners licensed elsewhere in Canada to provide virtual…
The pilot, which will operate in specific areas of the city to begin with, will include mobile teams that are trained in crisis support. These teams will be made up of community health nurses, crisis counsellors, harm reduction specialists and…
The Dartmouth General Hospital is expecting the arrival of a GI Genius intelligent endoscopy machine in Apr. as the technology was approved for use in Canada. The AI scans images taken during a colonoscopy and detects possible pre-cancerous…
In response to the pandemic, affected countries implemented public health measures to decrease viral transmission and a consequence of these measures could be hospital avoidance by patients with medical emergencies. This University of Calgary…
An estimated 6.1 million people in England are on wait lists for non-emergency hospital care after being referred to a specialist by their GP. The hospital will focus on cutting wait times for routine care, with staff briefed to prioritize…
Dr. Jennifer Russell says there’s cause for concern as gonorrhea rates are on the rise. Confirmed cases of the infection increased from 54 in 2020 to 254 in 2021. A few months into 2022, the province already recorded 64 cases. The province is…
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Researchers say long COVID can hit anyone who was infected with COVID-19, even if their symptoms were mild but people who experience five or more symptoms during the acute phase of their illness appear more likely to develop long COVID. For many…
The province is making changes to allow psychiatrists to bill for virtual indirect care as part of a psychiatric consultation. Currently, only time spent with a patient is counted toward virtual care billing code time requirements. Time taken…
The data covers patient trends in access to virtual care in Ont., Man., Sask., Alta. and B.C. and highlights the shift to virtual care for physicians during the first year of the…