According to a report from Reformulary Group, 92% of all deaths due to opioids are the result of accidental overdose. With one-fifth of…
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Health in the News
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- NBHC Care Experience
Wellness Wheel, a non-profit, outlined two projects to increase the number of people tested for HIV, Hepatitis C and other illnesses. The first is the development of the free ‘Get Tested’ guide, created after consultations with communities to…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Baycrest-led Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) study will introduce a group of First Nations older adults to apps that use learning, games, and quizzes to engage users in five Indigenous languages. The project will assess how…
- NBHC Population Health
Krembil Research Institute found nearly one in five of patients with back pain report a persistent trajectory with associated increased disability, pain and…
- NBHC Population Health
Canadians of all ages are consuming less sugar but they’re still getting most of it from sweetened drinks. Children aged nine to 18 are still the biggest consumers of sugar, and Canadians are getting more sugar from food than they did 10 years…
- NBHC Sustainability
This white paper by the University of Waterloo discusses the role pharmacists might play in smoking-cessation programs. It points out that…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s (CPSI) Medication Safety at Care Transitions Safety Improvement Project is a learning collaborative…
- NBHC Population Health
A study from the University of Calgary and the Calgary Local Immigration Partnership finds that between 2013 and 2016, the…
- NBHC News
The Telegraph-Journal spoke to the United Way of Greater Saint John’s Executive Director Wendy MacDermott about poverty issues facing the Sussex area. MacDermott said the statistics are almost as bad as Saint John, highlighting the New Brunswick…
- NBHC News
Discussing waiting lists for access to family doctors, at an editorial board meeting with The Telegraph-Journal last June, NB Health Council CEO Stéphane Robichaud said he believed the problem wasn't fundamentally a doctors’ shortage. Instead, it…
- NBHC Sustainability
The report, by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences panel, aims to assist the Public Health Agency of Canada in…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Age-Well National Innovation Hub at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, B.C., received $3.5 million in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada, a federal government agency. The money is for a digital health circle, which will…
- NBHC Care Experience
The goal of the EHR is to assess and prevent the spread of communicable diseases, allowing residents to rid themselves of paper records for vaccinations. The Public Health Information Solution (PHIS) will store information related to vaccine…
- NBHC Care Experience
The CFHI will be working with seven additional organizations to spread Embedding Palliative Approaches to Care (EPAC). EPAC helps staff in long term care to identify residents who could…
- NBHC Population Health
Dr. Daniel Dutton, a teacher at a Saint John medical school, suggests spending on social programs can impact outcomes more than traditional health spending. He previously led a study…
- NBHC Care Experience
While the B.C. government had $75 million earmarked in its budget for respite care and adult day programs to ease the pressure on family members supporting seniors in their homes, the delivery of home care and day activity programs to support…