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Geisinger Health will make DNA sequencing of individual patients a routine part of preventative healthcare at its facilities. The testing will form part of its standard screening tests along the lines of mammograms, colonoscopies and…
The funding will be used for three new initiatives from the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) aimed at growing the life sciences sector. Nearly $4 million will be used to assess, design and implement a Health Data…
The target systolic blood pressure for patients over 50 at risk of heart complications was 140, meaning anyone above that should receive treatment. But in 2016, Hypertension Canada changed its guidelines to recommend that number be lowered…
London, Ont. EMS officials are asking hospitals to change and improve the way nurses intervene to bring patients into the city’s emergency rooms. Paramedics in the region are spending thousands of hours stranded with patients waiting to get into…
The project aims to improve prevention and treatment of strokes, increase patients' quality of life after strokes and reduce their socioeconomic impact. The computer models and…
This Cardus Health case study of hospitals in Hamilton concludes current infrastructure is inadequate to handle palliative care needs of the "silver tsunami". The think tank found…
The program encourages doctors to accept patients in the provincial wait list (which stood at close to 44,000 in March) by offering them a one-time $150 bonus per patient. The province says family doctors took almost 900 new patients in the first…
The provincial government says its recruitment and retention efforts have paid off. It shows that since 2007, there was a 51% increase in the number of physicians in the province. There are more than 2,600 licensed physicians now practicing in…
As of Jan. 2019, Ontario long-term care home operators can face fines of up to $10,000 each time they're found to be in contravention of the province's quality standards. Furthermore, criminal prosecutions could result in fines of up to $200,000…
Colo.-based Sopris Health's app records a doctor visit, then downloads the audio file into its cloud transcription software, which can understand context and medical terminology and separate…
As the federal government considers a national pharmacare plan, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions estimates up to 1,000 Canadians die…
Town Health Solutions, which has six locations in N.B. expects to open its first franchise in the in San Francisco in 2019. The business offers a multidisciplinary approach with services such as…
Right-wing think tank, the Fraser Institute contends federal legislation mandating a public-payer health is stifling reforms that…
Despite being highly used by older adults, most times, the emergency department isn't the ideal place for seniors to receive care. To support better care in the home, there have been calls to shift home care to a more comprehensive, team-based…
This British Medical Journal essay urges doctors and patients to start thinking differently about what it means to be returned to health. The U.S. authors envisions medicine that doesn't stop at the hospital door but sets conditions for a healthy…
Doctors and nurses are using apps such as Whatsapp and iMessage to share pictures of patients with their care team. But those apps don’t meet encryption standards for the sharing of sensitive medical material, meaning health professionals may be…