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A study of physician-patient communication and engagement found patients and doctors talked more about their goals for care when readied for such a conversation before an outpatient visit. The researchers also found an increase in patient-…
Patients at the Downtown Walk-In Clinic in Charlottetown are using an app and paying five dollars if they want to book an appointment online. The fee’s collected by the online site and app developed by P.E.I. company…
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations’ (FSIN) suicide prevention strategy draws on previous efforts from Quebec, Nunavut and U.S. Indigenous…
A hospital in Oliver, B.C., is testing a technology called MedHx to link its MEDITECH database with the province's prescription network, PharmaNet. The hospital says in the…
The province introduced a benefit for people who provide informal care to help their loved ones remain independent. The budget includes $11.3 million for the benefits this year to help primary informal caregivers. The non-taxable, monthly benefit…
Health hubs such as Veitch Physiotherapy and Wellness Centre and the Health and Performance Centre use buildings big enough to bring…
A report into factors causing health…
A low-cost enterprise by paramedics was found to significantly reduce emergency ambulance calls and improve the health of seniors living in Hamilton's social housing apartment buildings. This McMaster University study analyzed the effectiveness…
Times & Transcript columnist Jenna Morton reiterates UN director general’s comments about organizations and governments not listening closely enough to young people. The organization launched a global poll to measure youths' opinions on…
Best Buy is exploring health tools as part of its strategy to expand its tech support services with a pilot service called…
The province's three-year plan includes funding for 200 new doctors to work in the team-based model and for 200 additional nurse practitioners at the cost of $181 million to hire the new doctors and $115 million for the nurse practitioners. The…
There’s a growing number of UBC-trained doctors choosing to practice in smaller communities due partly to the Faculty of Medicine’s province-wide medical education program. As part of this program, more than a third of this year’s 300 graduates…
Islanders living with diabetes are invited to a series of conversations in June to shape the Island’s renewed diabetes strategy. Health PEI will hold four focus group sessions to help inform the new multi-year strategy, which will be…
The number of Canadians living with Type 2 diabetes is expected to rise to 13.9 million (33% of Canadians) by 2026. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) is pointing to the need to better understand the impact of food-insecure…
A global survey conducted by the International Federation of Ageing finds half of Canadians with diabetes-induced eye diseases (DED or DME) are concerned about vision loss, a higher percentage than that for kidney disease or cardiovascular…
The 10-year vision by the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians and MUN’s school…