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A professor at UBC's school of population and public health estimates the national economy could save $7 billion over five years if workplaces implemented programs that reduced rates of the following five modifiable risk factors by just 1%:
The New Brunswick Heart Centre entered a five-year collaboration Horizon Health Network and Medtronic Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) with the goal of reducing wait times and improving access to care for its patients in 2016, with the goal of…
Institute for Healthcare improvement Senior Director Cory Sevin co-authored a report that lays out a framework to guide practice facilitators - individuals trained…
A report from U.K. charity National Voices assessing whether healthcare services in England are delivering…
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) issued a statement in which CMA President Dr. Laurent Marcoux called for the federal government to invest in seniors' care, guided by a pan-Canadian seniors' strategy with the goal of renewing of the entire…
Health Canada will invest $19 million over four years to address Manitoba's diabetes epidemic on First Nations under a healthcare deal that will focus on foot care. The First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (Nanaandawewigamig)…
Public health investigators analyzing data from the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey of students in grades seven to 12 report that middle and high school students who tried an e-cigarette - about 10% of students - are twice as…
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has released its organizational structure as the transition from 12 health regions in the province to a single body continues. The SHA will launch operations on Dec. 4, 2017. The senior leadership team will…
A Corporate Research Associates survey finds the number of Atlantic Canadians who currently have a family doctor remains high, despite a slight decline over the past four years. Nearly nine in 10 Atlantic Canadians (88%, down from 91% in 2013)…
The think-tank contends that despite spending more on healthcare than almost every other comparable country with…
U.S. caregivers are invited to create a CareMap - a hand-drawn picture showing all the people they care for as well as the people surrounding those individuals and their own…
Manitoba's Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) will pay two private companies $15.7 million over three years to implement a transitional home-care service that will replace a program the province stopped funding earlier this year. We Care…
The European Commission is seeking public input on transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market. The…
A report funded by Canadian Health Infoway and made in partnership with business school HEC Montreal and Quebec-based research and innovation institution…
The U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute launched a website to help nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care. The Method for Introducing a New…
Ontario's Southeast Local Health Integration Network is investing over $300,000 in community paramedicine programs, travelling to patients' homes to provide non-emergency care for multiple, complex illnesses or health problems complicated by…