The Institute for Healthcare Improvement released a white paper, IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work, that aims to serve as a guide for…
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Health in the News
Note: These are summaries of information originally produced by external sources (media, press releases, government, etc.). All questions should be directed to the original news source listed.
- NBHC Sustainability
The Ontario branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association wants the provincial government to implement more restrictions on marijuana when the drug is legalized in 2018. It's asking that there be a zero-tolerance ban on using marijuana in…
- NBHC Care Experience
The provincial government has committed to flag the electronic medical files of children known to the child protection system, alerting doctors and nurses to that…
- NBHC Population Health
A study in the European Heart Journal finds that even if a person has…
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The owner of two nursing homes in New Brunswick says the eChart Healthcare app provides families access to regularly-updated information about their…
- NBHC Engagement
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Choosing Wisely Canada and the Canadian Cancer Action Network are asking patients to complete a survey to define what a "safe zone" means to them as the organizations work to support family…
- NBHC Care Experience
Twenty Manitoba pharmacies are participating in a year-long pilot program to anonymously track dispensing errors. The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba describes the effort as the first phase in a plan to implement a province-wide system.…
- NBHC Sustainability
The New Zealand Government announced a $100-million social investment fund for mental health that will be invested in 17…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute made available Communicating After Harm in Healthcare…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Institute for Health Improvement's report, Patient Safety in the Home: Assessment of Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, explores the growing scope of care at…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Canadian Medical Association, through its subsidiary Joule, will provide $150,000 in grants to five physicians for their medical innovations. Included are the following projects:
- NBHC Care Experience
The Friends of The Moncton Hospital Foundation and Horizon Health Network have opened a rooftop garden aimed at enhancing patient wellness. Located on the third floor of the Moncton Hospital, the garden will be an area for patients who have been…
- NBHC Care Experience
Global News looks at the development of the Wilson Sarcoma Research Fund, which would create a global database of tissue samples. It woud be a game-changer in facilitating research to help patients with rare cancers and, hopefully, finding a cure…
- NBHC Population Health
A Statistics Canada survey suggests chronic fatigue syndrome may be far more prevalent in Canada than previously thought, and more widespread than many more well-known conditions. The data shows some 560,000 Canadians report that they have the…
- NBHC Care Experience
Advocate Health Care says it was able to save…
- NBHC Sustainability
A recommendation against public funding for robot-assisted prostatectomies has physician leaders warning Canada could fall even further behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to offering cutting-edge medical procedures. In its…