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The province's health networks found there were over 200 hospitalizations for people between the ages of 12 and 24 over the last five years due to alcohol intoxication. From 2012-2013 to 2016-2017, Horizon Health recorded 186 hospitalizations of…
New York-based design firm CannonDesign will begin the planning process for the new mental health and addictions campus that will replace Hillsborough Hospital on P.E.I. The province is investing $500,…
The Human Development Council’s report suggests the province continues to have among the highest youth poverty rates in the country. The report indicates one in five youth are…
A report from the C.D. Howe Institute found Canadians will be forced to pay more taxes in the years to come as the country's…
Health Canada says stakeholders can offer their input into the federal government's law legalizing cannabis on July 1, 2018. As…
A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information determines that in 2016, 21.5 million prescriptions for opioids were…
A study commissioned by drug company GSK estimates pain costs the Canadian economy $7.1 billion a year. It determines that the average employee is off work 1.8 days…
In joining the Choosing Wisely campaign, the Canadian Pharmacists Association compiled a list of six common practices and therapies that may be unnecessary and could potentially harm…
The grounds of a hospital that once housed mentally ill patients in Coquitlam will be the site of a facility for people suffering from mental health and addiction. The B.C. government will reopen its 105-bed Riverview psychiatric hospital in 2019…
P.E.I. is piloting an approach to long-term care to help Acadian and Francophone residents at Summerset Manor’s receive care in their primary language. The project will allow people with French as a mother tongue to get housing and care in a…
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…
It’s being considered the first app of its kind in the U.K., as it’s the first to combine waiting time information with travel times.
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…
A study from the Fraser Institute finds that the migration of seniors impacts the health…