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Two years ago, the federal government withheld $10 million in transfer payments to Quebec, saying the provincial government was charging patients extra fees to access health services in contravention of the Canadian Health Act. The federal health…
The Nova Scotia government states its $6.4-million investment to free up operating room hours, hiring more surgeons and creating a central booking system will reduce wait times for residents undergoing hip and knee replacements. It claims the…
A Canadian study suggests there's a small difference in patient outcomes for male and female surgeons, with patients of female surgeons doing slightly better following surgery than those…
Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network are partnering to improve access to MRI services in the Greater Moncton region, allowing the MRI service at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre to accept transfers of MRI…
Researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) warn that the number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years, indicating the rate is accelerating in low- and middle-income…
Australia's Department of Health rolled out a public consultation to develop a framework for the secondary use of…
The first of three studies from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to compare drug coverage across provincial and federal public drug plans…
Experts argue that frontline clinicians lack the tools they need to play an active role in controlling the costs of care they provide. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a "lean accounting" method for measuring real, unallocated…
A report from the World Obesity Federation predicts that more than 10 million Canadians will be obese or overweight by 2025. The report estimates the global cost of…
The Irish government plans to implement a sugar tax in April 2018, which is set to raise the cost of soft drinks. The country's 2018 Budget outlines that beverages…
The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and leaders in medical education have developed tools to help physicians improve their diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills. The Assessment…
The provincial government will hold nine community information sessions across the province regarding primary healthcare that will focus on plans to have Medavie Health Services New Brunswick manage the operations of Ambulance New Brunswick and…
According to research (sub. req.) from UBC, the Quebec government spends $200 more per person per year for its drug program than the rest of Canada (ROC). The province's private-public hybrid…
The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba developed a book written in collaboration with children's author and illustrator Mike Parkhill to help kids from northern communities cope with going to the hospital. My New Friend follows Dolly the…
The electronic frailty index (eFI) tool aims to help GP surgeries provide better care to the most vulnerable patients, improve health service planning and potentially make…
Harm-reduction activists in New Brunswick say the province's health officials are taking too long to address the opioid problem in Moncton and Saint John, and have launched a grassroots initiative in the face of what they describe as government…