In a CMAJ commentary (sub. req.), two Toronto doctors argued patient portals should be universally available as part of patient care across Canada. The records patients access through portals…
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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
A Horizon client was inspired to create the Healing Books Project because of the support she found in self-help and therapeutic books while in treatment for PTSD. The…
- NBHC Population Health
A report from the B.C. Seniors Advocate suggests seniors living in privately-run care homes are:
- NBHC Care Experience
An internal Alberta Health Services (AHS) assessment of the health organization's EHR system shows individual health data is vulnerable to outside security threats. The Alberta Netcare Portal, an electronic system that gives healthcare providers…
- NBHC Engagement
Results from a survey will inform P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office's responses to the legalization of cannabis in the fall. Island residents over the age of 16…
- NBHC Care Experience
Champlain BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation), known as eConsult, offers doctors and nurse practitioners in Ontario the online version of a quick chat about a puzzling…
- NBHC Care Experience
A flurry of suicides in the province’s Grand Bank and Burin Peninsula region prompted outcry from residents, demanding better availability of mental health and addictions services. One year later, the provincial government announced changes in…
- NBHC Sustainability
A report from the Fraser Institute suggests a family of four with a household income of $138,008 will pay $12,935 this year for…
- NBHC Care Experience
Manitoba’s Southern Health-Santé Sud VP of Medical Services, Dr. Denis Fortier, outlined statistics for ERs throughout the Regional Health Authority. The top reasons people were coming into the ER was for abdominal pain, shortness of breath or…
- NBHC Sustainability
A non-profit membership organization called Bay to Sound Neighbors was formed in Mid Cape, Mass. to help seniors in Dennis and Yarmouth age in place as long as possible. The organization aims to…
- NBHC Population Health
B.C. seniors' advocates say they have high hopes the Minister for Seniors portfolio will streamline services across Canada. Hamilton MP Filomena Tassi was named to the post, dedicated to Canada's aging population. Seniors advocates in B.C. say…
- NBHC Care Experience
With $566,000 in funding from Alberta’s provincial government, the Calgary Counselling Centre will expand mental health services in Calgary and…
- 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…
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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…