B.C. established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they’re met. They include a minimum of one nurse for every four patients in adult medical and surgical units, 24 hours a day…
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In addition, Horizon’s 46 community health centres will be modernized through the patient medical home model, which brings together physicians, NPs, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals under one roof. Each clinic patient has an…
One year after a group of orthopedic surgeons began renting vacant operating rooms on Saturdays at an Ottawa hospital, the group is doubling the number of surgeries it performs there. The group already performed around 500 hip and knee surgeries…
The program provides province-wide access to counselling for loved ones of people who died by suicide or survived with significant injury or trauma. Services include referrals, counselling,…
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The petition, calling on N.B. to get its own pediatric hospital, collected more than 400 signatures. Over the last fiscal year, more than 750 New Brunswick patients had inpatient stays at the IWK in Halifax. The NBMS echoes the call to improve…
Premier Blaine Higgs and other government officials weren’t aware of a three-year, $93-million contract with Canada Health Labs to provide travel nurses in Vitalité hospitals. He suggests the auditor general should consider an investigation as…
A report claims AI could improve quality of care, enhance patient and staff experiences, simplify administrative work and optimize overall system management across the main areas of healthcare. The areas with the highest potential for net savings…
The study established the odds of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) were higher for children living in areas with the highest levels of material deprivation,…
Ottawa researchers found only about half of individuals with an estimated life expectancy of less than three months received formal palliative home care. Those who received palliative home care were people who were flagged by physicians as having…
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Respondents said team-based primary care should include family doctors, NPs and other health professionals such as dietitians, pharmacists and social workers. Other recommendations include:
The regional health authority set a target of reducing its ALC beds to less than 330 or less than 20% of all Horizon hospital beds by Jan. 2026. Horizon says if that goal is reached, ER patients won’t have to wait to be admitted and surgeries…
The incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults under 50 years of age rapidly climbed in recent years, challenging conventional perceptions of it being an older adults’ disease. A petition in Ont. is requesting the province lower the age…
Mental Health Research Canada says more than one in 10 Canadians report high self-rated anxiety or depression. The study revealed a significant correlation between a high amount of personal screen time and negative mental health indicators. Other…
Anyone who needs urgent mental health, addiction and substance care or clinical support in times of crisis can visit the clinic. The $9.5-million facility is part of the province’s efforts to make urgent mental health and addictions services more…
The province will launch a $68-million in vitro fertilization program, funding one round of treatment and medication as of Apr. 2025. Over the next three years, $270 million will go toward cancer treatment, as well as screening and prevention…
The provincial government is working with both Vitalité and Horizon to reduce the use of travel nurses across the province. While Horizon and Vitalité said they spent a combined $56.8 million in the first five months of 2023-24 on the costs…