The majority of people treated in an Ontario emergency room after a suicide attempt are not seen by a psychiatrist within six months. The CMAJ study highlights that those in most need of…
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Rather than adding new beds to alleviate overcrowding at some hospitals, some experts say administrators should look at how they can use the ones they have more efficiently. Dr. Paul Pageau, President of the Canadian Association of Emergency…
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UCalgary was one of five Canadian pilot sites for The Working Mind program in 2013. Since then, the program trained more than 25,000 people across Canada. It’s now integrated into the university…
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The Health Quality Council of Alberta is offering family physicians 2016-17 Primary Healthcare Panel Reports, which provide information about patient demographic characteristics, health status and…
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U.S. pharmacy giant Walgreens and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are partnering for telemedicine services by opening a telemedicine kiosk in a convenience store in Manhattan, with plans to open more kiosks in 2018. The kiosks, located in private…
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A Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) e-mental health demonstration project, taking place in Newfoundland and…
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Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health Sytem has used a provider dashboard linked to its Epic EHR to nearly cut in half the number of opioid prescriptions written in its EDs, physician offices and community practice clinics. Over the past three…
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Niagara Health’s prostate diagnostic assessment program sees more than 2,000 new patients per year. Since opening in 2014, there were ver 2,800 diagnoses on biopsy, with the…
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A B.C. study suggests patients having trouble finding doctors and specialists will see the problem exacerbate in the coming years, revealing that about 40% of doctors in the province are at -…
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Executives from Geisinger, George Washington University Hospital and TigerText, which develops communication platforms for medical professionals, have created a multi-organization Patient Safety Committee…
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The province's auditor general said in her annual report that the province is spending millions to send patients to the U.S. for stem cell transplants…
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A Conference Board of Canada report finds that over 4 million Canadians aren't enrolled for either public or private coverage, despite being eligible. The report…
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Canadian patients now face the longest ever recorded wait times in over two decades of tracking by the Institute, with a median wait time of 21.2 weeks for medically necessary treatment. The…
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The Health Quality Council (HQC) partnered with health systems and patient/family advisors to develop this…
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Patients whose hip surgeries were performed by surgeons overseeing two operations at once were almost twice as likely to suffer serious complications as those whose doctors focused on one patient at a time. It’s the first study (analyzing…
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In trying to define "the optimal patient experience," independent U.S. organisations The Beryl Institute and the American Association for Physician Leadership interviewed patients and physicians to identify how to be better aligned and how to…