The Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM) teaches medicine, along with a few things that could influence where doctors choose to practice. The university recruits students from rural communities and 90% of its student body comes…
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- NBHC Engagement
The Still Calling campaign aims to retain and recruit more nurses by painting the career in a better light. The New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU) says the last few years were challenging, pointing to the…
The roadmap reflects the input of 23 expert reviewers, Health Canada being one of them. Top of the list is a recommendation to do better data collection, analysis and reporting. The experts say this should involve greater consistency under a…
The William Osler Health System, which operates hospitals in Brampton and Etobicoke, drastically cut colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis and surgeon referral wait times by combining a pair of programs to streamline how patients are processed.…
The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is a space for people in healthcare to collaborate on providing better healthcare. The space allows partnerships with healthcare staff, researchers, industry…
The provincial government says the following changes to regulations will provide more support to physicians and improve access to care for Islanders:
The funding will create eight integrated youth services (IYS) sites across the province that will bring community-based services for youth ages 12 to 25. Support will range from mental health services, including counselling and peer support, to…
The Indigenous Children Eye Exam (ICEE) project started several years ago with eyecare specialists from the Hamilton area visiting remote northern Ont. communities to provide vision screening and eye exams to…
- NBHC Engagement
The project will investigate treatment options for people living with opioid use disorder. Gitpo Spirit Lodge, located in Natoaganeg (Eel Ground) First Nation, will be leading the project. The lodge is…
The services at the university’s gender-affirming clinic, including hormone replacement therapy and assistance with gathering letters of approval for gender-affirming surgery, were previously only available to students. Dr. Sara Thomas, who runs…
Men in Mind is the world’s first online program that trains mental health practitioners how to engage with and respond to men in therapy. It teaches therapists how to connect with men and create a…
In 2020, the Government of the N.W.T. implemented Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0), a model that works to enhance and develop systems by organizing and improving access to mental health, addictions and substance use health resources and services. The…
In reaction to the imminent loss of two family doctors who are closing their practices, the primary care clinic will aim to provide short-term primary medical care for about 2,000 affected patients. The clinic will work like the NB Health Link…
Study participants reported having worse fatigue than people with stroke, inflammatory bowel disease, end-stage renal disease or cancer with anemia. They also had a lower health-related…
The study found more sports participation at a young age was associated with better self-esteem later in life. Positive self-esteem, the study noted, was a key…
Indigenous pediatric patients also face lower rates or reoperation for failed surgeries and lower rates of graft survival following renal transplantation, despite multiple calls to action to have more equitable health outcomes for that population…