Infoway says 1,500 physicians and 29 community pharmacies in Ontario and Alberta signed up for PrescribeIT in its first year. The system enables prescriptions to be transmitted electronically by…
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Health in the News
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- NBHC Population Health
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) and the New Brunswick Trauma Program are integrating trauma care data into one data repository at NB-IRDT, a research institute at UNB. The health data will be used to…
- NBHC Care Experience
Through the Innovation Technology Payment, NHS England directly funds a group of innovations to spread them across the national health…
- NBHC Care Experience
A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information finds that patients who receive home palliative care are two-and-a-half-times more…
- NBHC Sustainability
In the last fiscal year, Calgary ERs had almost 30,000 visits from patients seeking mental health services. The co-author of a report into the province's mental health and addictions systems says the Alberta government isn't spending enough of…
- NBHC Care Experience
A test for viral infections that could reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and hospital admissions was demonstrated to European Respiratory Society. The procedure, known as point of care respiratory viral testing (POCT), was trialed in England. The…
- NBHC Care Experience
The executive director of Pain BC notes that Ontario and Quebec are funding province-wide pain management initiatives that include primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and social workers…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Unified Health Community Triage Centre in Halifax doesn’t receive funding from the province but was launched as a pilot project to speed up waits for non-emergency medical care…
- NBHC Care Experience
Town Square is a working replica of a 1950s downtown, built and operated by the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Centers in Southern California. The imitation town is the biggest U.S. investment so far in what eldercare specialists call reminiscence…
- NBHC Sustainability
In a report from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), it's proposed that the federal government introduce legislation that would put mental…
- NBHC Care Experience
Beginning in the new year, the Nova Scotia government is placing newly-designed youth health centres in four of the province's high schools to see if an integrated care model improves access to medical services. The province's health and wellness…
- NBHC News
A Brunswick News survey found healthcare was picked as the number one election issue in the province. Taking into consideration the province is home to the oldest, most obese and one of the unhealthiest populations in the country, Brunswick…
- NBHC Care Experience
The system of copying patients into letters sent between doctors and specialists has forced patients to then visit their GP to have the contents of the letter explained to them in terms they understand. This is part of the reason whey the Academy…
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The province is adding 15 specialist residency seats to the Dalhousie University medical school, bringing the total number at the university to 65. These new spaces will be in place next July. The province is willing to spend $1.5…
- NBHC News
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says that, if he wins, he’ll go much further than the governing Liberals in rolling back a ban on chocolate milk and junk food at school fundraisers. Higgs says he will scrap the nutrition policy…
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A study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy outlines two options considered…