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Statistics Canada figures indicate that New Brunswick households are earning less than anywhere in the country, even though income levels in the province have grown at a slightly faster rate than the national average over the last decade.…
The New Brunswick government has accepted the recommendations contained in a strategy developed by the Council on Aging and will implement 77…
NHS England's Sustainable Improvement team and the Horizons team updated the Leading Large Scale Change: A Practical Guide to…
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is entertaining the idea of introducing a healthcare tax residents would have to pay based on income that would go directly into healthcare spending. Pallister didn't say how much Manitobans could be paying if the…
U.K. researchers working with the WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN) and the European Office for Investment for Health and Development…
Reza Mirza, Resident Physician at McMaster University, and Justin Hall, Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto point to a CIHI study indicating that up to 30% of healthcare interventions are unnecessary as the basis…
Health Quality Ontario and the Associated Medical Services (AMS) foundation are sponsoring Change Day Ontario, which is part of a global movement designed to empower people within the health system to make…
Health diplomacy: European perspectives (2017) is part of the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s response to the WHO Regional…
Collaboration in Agrifood New Brunswick (CANB) has received support from both provincial and federal governments for its efforts to ensure school cafeterias are feeding students fresh food grown by local farmers and producers. The collaboration…
Health Canada is proposing to ban non-prescription sales of low-dose codeine, an opioid linked to abuse and dependency. The change would make pain pills…
The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) will hold public hearings across the province as it seeks input on reforming Ontario's hospitals in the…
The B.C. NDP government's budget update explains that healthcare spending will rise 3.5% to $19.56 billion in the 2018-19 budget year, while Medical Services Plan premiums will be reduced by 50% before being eliminated altogether within four…
The CMA's Joule subsidiary is partnering with CognisantMD to provide physicians with the Ocean Platform for patient engagement and eReferrals. The platform:
A survey by the professional association representing doctors in Nova Scotia shows that a majority of physicians in the province are feeling burned…
Ting Shih, CEO and founder of ClickMedix, says the biggest recent breakthrough in healthcare is the mobile phone. He says smartphones are affordable so almost anybody in the world can have access, and this…
The Ontario government unveiled its framework to manage the sale and use of marijuana, which…