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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…
A long-term care facility in the Region of Peel in Ontario is one of the first in Canada to adopt a British-developed "Butterfly" dementia care model. In it, staff are encouraged to interact socially with patients, who are grouped according to…
A C.D. Howe Institute report finds that patients are ready for governments to take the next step in healthcare delivery and implement…
The Fraser Institute suggests the cost in lost wages of waiting for medical treatment averaged $1,822 per patient last year. The figure…
Dr. Mark Brown, the former president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, believes doctors should see fewer patients in a day, use technology to communicate with them and be compensated for their time. He also believes that, under the Canada…
The Supporting Healthy Aging by Peer Education and Support (SHAPES) program, developed by the University of Alberta, trained seniors to act as health coaches for others in their age group. The focus for the year-long pilot project is on seniors'…
A Massachusetts-based community health system, Southcoast Health, is experiencing an increase in patients with limited English proficiency. It found the task of providing ample translation services challenging, especially for less common…
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences examined healthy Ontario adults who self-reported life satisfaction. It found that accounting for factors associated…
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) partnered with a U.K. data sciences institute to bring artificial intelligence capabilities to the the county's National Health Service. Under the partnership, researchers will apply AI algorithms to…
Studies have identified distrust of medical facilities as a key barrier for Indigenous patients accessing healthcare. A number of healthcare professionals in B.C. are now using Indigenous languages to connect with patients. They believe this…
To reap the full potential of health consumer data, health companies in the U.S. should start connecting data about not just the patient encounter, but also the preferences and social circumstances shaping everyday healthcare-related purchasing…
Data from CIHI show1.6 million seniors were prescribed 10 or more drug classes in 2016. The most commonly-prescribed medications are for…
Over the next five years, the funds will aim to shift the delivery of care from hospitals to community health centres and improve access to palliative and end-of-life care. The deal also sets out what the province will do with the first…
The British Medical Association suggests that family doctors cap their number of patient appointments at 25 per day, a proposal which sparked a debate in the country's medical community…
The New York University School of Medicine launched an online resource city governments can use to identify and help develop policies to improve the health needs of their communities. The City Health…
The Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University believes Canada’s health system is in dire need of an overhaul because health needs have changed, but the system hasn’t changed with them. He says wait times aren’t the core problem,…