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Representatives from the Epidemiology Co-ordinating and Research Centre in Alberta and Hypertension Canada told a group of New Brunswick cabinet ministers how the provincial government could save $445 million off its healthcare budget over the…
The U.K. health secretary told an international conference on patient safety that health was one of the last professions yet to fully adopt the use of first names. He believes medicine’s strict hierarchy prevents junior staff from speaking up…
The CMA notes that the 2018 Federal Budget includes seniors care initiatives that the association highlighted in its pre-budget…
Foundry serves as walk-in-clinics for young people to get their mental health needs met in one location…
SoftBank Robotics America’s (SBRA) humanoid robots will be used as part of a pilot program at the Toronto hospital. The hospital introduced two …
The New Brunswick government is expanding its coverage of insulin pumps for residents with diabetes. Beginning Apr. 1, the age limit for eligibility for the program will rise from 18 to 25. The province set aside $300,000 for the expanded service…
The Lancet showcased the medical system in a series of articles and commentary authored by a collection of scholars and public figures across the country. Disparities between health outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous is one of the central…
Additional mental health spending will go toward growing student wellbeing teams to include all P.E.I. schools. In home and community care, three inter-related projects, which were previously announced, will enhance the role of paramedics…
Discharge plans from hospital can be complex and can often include follow up tests, appointments, changes to medications and commencement of additional or new care services. Rockingham General Hospital in Australia designed the Aged Care…
Leaders at Boston Medical Center report that recognizing the work of support staffers can pay off across the hospital and serve as a recruitment and retainment strategy. BMC believes acknowledging what these "unsung heroes" are doing can reduce…
Frost & Sullivan's Patient Safety in Healthcare, Forecast to 2022 predicts that patient safety will become a core value proposition…
The Deloitte survey of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. found 88% support for, and…
The province’s Department of Seniors is looking for ideas from the private, public, not-for-profit and academic sectors to develop a social innovation lab on aging to generate ideas and solutions. The social innovation lab approach is…
Research by public health analysts at the University of Toronto finds gains in life expectancy differ substantially across regions in Ontario, with people living in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas being healthier than those living in…
Figures from the country’s Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) show there were 7,800 fewer than expected deaths between the first three months of 2014 and…
Alberta Health Services says ER wait times will be available for users of Amazon's Alexa technology. The AHS Alexa Skill app will provide wait estimates for hospitals in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. AHS claims it's…