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Kaiser Permanente physicians in Southern California were found to have reduced the odds of prescribing an antibiotic for sinusitis by 22% through the use of computer alerts to inform doctors when antibiotics may not be the best course of…
As part of its digital transformation project, England’s Southampton General Hospital is rolling…
A healthcare task force consisting of a partnership of nine Manitoba municipalities recommend closing four emergency rooms in the region and replacing them with urgent care centres. The task force recommends some hospitals have urgent care…
A report (available for purchase) by the Canadian Health Policy Institute estimates…
The Children and Youth Mental Health survey found 62% of youth reported having concerns about anxiety and 46% of them report missing school because of it. While 33% of parents said they had a child who missed school because of anxiety,…
England’s health services were changed in 2013, when two-thirds of the National Health Service budget was transferred to family doctors. The government planned for this to help more patients be treated cheaply and locally, rather that having them…
A study from the Fraser Institute finds that the migration of seniors impacts the health…
Infoway and digital health provider OntarioMD aim to reduce redundancies in privacy and security requirements for EMR vendors for their respective organizations by aligning their certifications. Eighty…
A report from the Montreal Economic Institute argues against a lower maximum price for pharmaceuticals. The think tank points out that if Health Canada follows…
Health Canada predicts the health effects of exposure to pollution from gasoline exhaust fumes…
The house call program started in 2016. So far, over 1,000 seniors were seen through the program and estimates show 350 unnecessary emergency department visits were prevented. The Seniors House Call Program is aimed at Regina residents aged 65…
Research from the Canadian Institute for Health Information finds that in 2015, over 25 million courses of antibiotics were prescribed in Canada, enough for every person…
This is the first annual report by the province’s Patient Ombudsman Christine Elliott, who received approximately…
U.S. experts recommend providers stateside make health information easier to understand and reduce the difficulty of health-related tasks. A study found the proportion of adults receiving health literate care increased from 2011 to 2014 but fell…
A study to be published in the International Journal of Aging and Society concludes that internet-enabled cognitive behavioral therapy (IECBT) is effective at…
The ECRI Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit patient safety research organization named ransomware and cybersecurity threats as the No. 1 health technology hazard for 2018. ECRI's…