With $566,000 in funding from Alberta’s provincial government, the Calgary Counselling Centre will expand mental health services in Calgary and…
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Health in the News
Note: These are summaries of information originally produced by external sources (media, press releases, government, etc.). All questions should be directed to the original news source listed.
- NBHC Engagement
U.K. adults over 60 are being urged to take part in screening to detect bowel cancer at an early age. England's NHS is using the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to pass out screening leaflets to patients traveling to and from non-urgent…
- NBHC Population Health
An IPSO survey commissioned by HomeEquity Bank shows that Canada’s aging baby boomers aren't moving out of their homes and into inner-city condos, as some pundits had predicted. Instead, the survey shows that 93% of people aged 65-plus say it's…
- NBHC Care Experience
The King's Fund's case study of the Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, looks at how the system has…
- NBHC Care Experience
Medical tourism sites catering to patients looking for cheaper cosmetic and dental procedures are working to attract people who will travel for more costly surgeries. PwC…
- NBHC Care Experience
In a survey across Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) members, Ontario’s 23 academic research hospitals, 76% of respondents identified policies, directives and procurement rules as major hurdles to innovation adoption within their…
- NBHC Population Health
Research from German dermatology group derma.plus puts Canada's skin cancer incidence score at 3.41, the 19th highest among 62 counties surveyed. While Canada doesn't get as much sun as…
- NBHC Care Experience
This pilot project aims to improve access to emergency medical care in rural areas using a specially-equipped SUVs to allow a single paramedic to respond to an emergency and begin treatment when ambulances are dealing with high volumes. These…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Addiction Care Clinics of BC (ACCBC) will represent the non-government clinics that provide addiction treatment throughout the province, with a focus on recovery and providing expertise in to reduce opioid overdose deaths. ACCBC’s members…
- NBHC Care Experience
The U.K. research team found noise on children’s medical wards at night exceeds the maximum limit recommended by the World Health…
- NBHC Sustainability
New Brunswick's health minister says the provincial government is considering launching or joining a lawsuit to recover some of the costs associated with opioid use. Benoit Bourque claims that in the past 11 years, 241 New Brunswickers died from…
- NBHC Care Experience
Researchers from the University of Florida analyzed the first few minutes of recorded consultations in U.S. clinics and found that, on average, patients have 11 seconds to…
- NBHC Sustainability
Hitch Health and ride-share company Lyft completed a year-long non-emergency medical transportation pilot in Minneapolis. The results show a significant decline in patient no-shows and increased revenue at…
- NBHC Population Health
Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital unveiled an online calculator that determines an individual's risk for hospitalization or death as a result of heart attack or stroke. The tool…
- NBHC Care Experience
Alberta Health's annual report for the 2017-2018 fiscal year points out…
- NBHC Care Experience
Toronto is looking to transform its city-run nursing homes by implementing a new long-term-care model that is catching on in Southern Ontario. The project, called the Butterfly program, is taking over in the Peel Region. The program is now in all…