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The board of the Nova Scotia Health Authority voted to open its meetings to the public and make its minutes publicly available. The plan includes a two-phased approach to becoming more transparent. The first phase sees the board publish meeting…
The website’s creator, who is also a professor in the department of psychiatry at Dalhousie University, says sleeping pills are costing the healthcare system money when there is an alternative. The website …
Australia is cracking down on the anti-vaccination movement, cutting tax credits for parents who don't keep their kids' vaccines up to date. The country’s…
A UBC study suggests conditions such as sleep problems, irritable bowel syndrome and depression are more common among multiple sclerosis patients five years before they…
Crisis Services Canada, a national suicide prevention service, says its Canada Suicide Prevention Service program could shutter if it doesn't find short-term funding before it runs out of money in the next two months. The pilot program links…
A study conducted by SRDC (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) for Infoway finds that both Canadians and the healthcare system benefit when patients can…
An 82-year-old Caraquet woman was cycled through four hospitals after falling and breaking her hip and was eventually transferred to the Tracadie-Sheila hospital, at which time she had already developed a bed sore. Several weeks later, her…
The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) estimates the economic output from the…
Following consultation with families and caregivers, NHS England published guidance to help trusts work with bereaved…
Telus and Doctors of the World Canada launched the Telus Health for Good program in Victoria, B.C. in which Doctors of the World, with community partners and voluntary health practitioners, will use Telus' Mobile Health Clinic to deliver primary…
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is contracting with Texas-based Corepoint Health to use its Corepoint Integration Engine software to provide health data interoperability throughout the province, which…
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is adding four orthopedic surgeons to its ranks to reduce wait times for hip and knee replacement surgeries. The health authority aims to provide anyone requiring surgery to have it within Canada's benchmark by…
The federal government will spend $70 million to help Atlantic Canadians get access to their health records electronically and see doctors use an e-prescribing program that will send prescriptions to the pharmacy digitally. Federal Health…
Accreditation Canada awarded Ambulance New Brunswick (ANB) its Accredited with Exemplary Standing, making it the only EMS organization in Canada to earn the designation. Medavie Health Services NB says the third-party assessment means quality…
The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer signed an agreement to provide $5.5 million over four years to collaborate on…
Kaiser Permanente reports that partners of people with newly diagnosed diabetes are more likely to improve their health behaviours than partners of people without the disease. Kaiser researchers say a diabetes diagnosis could be a 'teachable…