During the provincial electoral campaign, the Liberals proposed a retention payment for nurses, totaling $111 million, with $10,000 in the first year and $5,000 in the second year in response to nurses considering leaving for better compensation…
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- NBHC Engagement
D’avril 2023 à mars 2024, le cout pour les agences privées en santé a atteint le montant record de 2 milliards $ en au Que. Il s’agit d’une hausse de 53% par rapport à l’année précédente. Ceci démontre à quel point le réseau du Que. Est…
A Unity Health Toronto study found that the CHARTWatch AI tool, developed at St. Michael's Hospital, significantly reduces the risk of unanticipated death in hospitalized patients by 26%. The tool monitors patients in real-time, identifying those…
- NBHC Engagement
The Canadian government and B.C.'s Ministry of Health are collaborating to make essential medications, including contraception, diabetes medication and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), more accessible and affordable. Once Bill C-64 is passed,…
Members of three unions representing more than 9,100 healthcare professionals at Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre voted to accept a tentative agreement that includes complex wage provisions based on occupation, years of service…
- NBHC Engagement
Levio is dedicating $1 million to a partnership with Kids Help Phone to enhance digital e-mental health services for Canadian youth. The partnership will leverage Levio's AI expertise to support Kids Help Phone's mission of providing accessible…
- NBHC Engagement
Horizon Health Network introduced an online self-booking service for patients in the Saint John area to schedule their own bloodwork and other specimen collection appointments. As part of Horizon's Critical Action Plan to improve the patient…
A study in Ont. evaluated the use of AI scribe technology by family doctors and nurse practitioners, showing a reduction of 70 to 90% in time spent on paperwork. The technology, which captures and summarizes conversations into electronic medical…
- NBHC Engagement
The EU-Canada Health Policy Dialogue was launched virtually by Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides and Canada's Minister of Health Mark Holland, focusing on antimicrobial resistance, health security and non-communicable…
The longitudinal component of the 2023 Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) followed up on individuals who participated in the 2019 survey and found that teenage girls in 2023 were the most likely to…
A study published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine demonstrated that the Paramedics and Palliative Care initiative, led by the Canadian Partnership Against…
- NBHC Engagement
In a push to reduce ER wait times, the Cochrane District Paramedic Service is piloting the Community Paramedicine for Long Term Care Plus program in Ont., with a focus on providing on-site diagnostic services such as blood tests and ultrasounds…
CUPE 5430 is demanding an investigation into ongoing AIMS system failures that resulted in ongoing compensation issues, a dysfunctional job posting system, Sask.-wide inventory shortages and triaging of testing at the Roy Romanow Provincial …
On Sept. 18, the group representing the nation's physicians is set to formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada's Indigenous communities “both through action and inaction.” The group hopes the…
The province is experiencing unprecedented hospital capacity problems that will worsen in the coming years due to underfunding, according to a…
- NBHC Engagement
The N.S. government is investing $42 million over five years to enhance access to health information using Google Cloud's search tools and AI. The initiative includes three projects aimed at improving the health system's online information…