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Chronic kidney disease patients are said to be among the highest risk population for cardiovascular disease. When a person with CKD declines significantly, they’re referred to pre-dialysis clinics within a hospital. Those clinics…
Patient engagement is increasing at clinical and health policy conferences across Canada. Such engagement often goes beyond providing passive support, as highlighted by the Patients Included…
In an effort to increase vaccination rates, the federal health minister will support five multi-year projects to…
In addition to the campaign, three donor physicians signed contracts to share a half-time position responsible for providing leadership and education as part of a new model for Saskatchewan's organ and tissue donation system. The 2018-2019 budget…
In 2017, the CIHI pointed out only 62% of British Columbians in need of hip replacements and 46% of those in need of knee replacements received the procedures within the recommended maximum wait of six months. The province will turn its Burnaby…
Hospital research shows that, between 2011 to 2017, almost half of nurses working inside the Saint John fRegional Hospital emergency room have left. It associates these departures with work-related stress. The finding is part of an…
Philadelphia-based Jefferson University Hospital researchers developed a tool called the Uncertainty Scale (U-Scale) to understand the role uncertainty plays in ED…
While B.C is dealing with a shortage of physicians, Creston Valley has a low vacancy rate of one-and-a-half doctors. The town took recruitment in its own hands and hired a dedicated physician recruiter. Creston Valley is home…
The New Brunswick College of Psychologists says children in need of psychological assessments face an estimated three-year wait. It believes that for $4.1 million a year, that backlog could be cleared in eight years. The group’s…
Sarah Pakzad, a researcher at the Université de Moncton, is developing an app based on the Neurocognitive Frailty Index…
The framework for a palliative care strategy aims to improve access to palliative and end-of-life care services. As part…
Data from CIHI show that giving birth is the most common reason for…
This incentive was previously offered to doctors in rural areas. As the shortage of family doctors worsens in Nova Scotia, the province is now offering tuition relief, the Family Medicine Bursary and debt assistance to urban doctors in a bid to…
The study, by McMaster and York universities, examined muscle biopsies of young adults with and without type 1 diabetes who exceed Diabetes Canada's recommended weekly levels for…
A family experience survey from the Health Quality Council of Alberta shows a range of overall satisfaction scores for LTC…
A report from the Canadian Mental Health Association puts forward the idea that decriminalization should be considered one part of governments'…