Amid a surge in children suffering from respiratory illness leading to wait times of up to 18 hours at the Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) in Calgary, the province will install a heated trailer next to the ED ACH. The trailer will be used only…
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Since Sept., over two dozen surgeries were performed in the province using the da Vinci Surgical System. So far, the robots assisted with procedures involving the prostate, kidney and bladder, with…
The Competition Bureau believes pro-competitive policies…
Horizon Health Network's planning ER changes to cope with staff shortages and wait times and says the solutions could mitigate some of the influx of patients due to RSV, infections, the flu and COVID-19. The changes centre around patient flow at…
Such centres exist in B.C. and Alta. and there are a few in Ont. already.
Facilities in Cape Breton, Antigonish and Guysborough counties dealt with over 4,600 no-shows for scheduled diagnostic imaging appointments last year, resulting in unused appointment times and inefficient use of staffing and equipment. This…
Canadians were already waiting an average of 50 to 82 days for CT scans and 89 days for MRI prior to the pandemic. The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) says this is 20 to 50 days longer than the recommended 30-day wait time and the…
The group showed that 42% of its membership recently left a position or are considering leaving as the advocate group wanrs NPs are overburdened and burned out. The NPNB adds six nurse practitioners left the Saint John region over the past year,…
To address chronic shortages, ongoing burnout, consistent overtime, poor mental health and poor working conditions the…
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The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health created the undergraduate-level textbook to offer a…
The former policy forced doctors to limit the number of services they could bill for each day. The provincial government hopes removing the cap will address immediate pressures on the healthcare system. Physicians in specialties like family…
A Leger study explored Canadians’ attitudes, utilization, perceptions and expectations around…
Facing an ongoing overdose crisis, the province will add 12 mental health response teams in communities across the province. This includes a plan to open 10 new Indigenous justice centres to provide culturally appropriate support for those caught…
The Nursing Homes Without Walls program extends some services from facilities to seniors who are still living at home. It’s expected to expand to 16 locations by 2023; eight sites will offer it next spring and eight more will join next fall. All…
The province is doubling the funding previously announced to support mental health pilots in schools to $40 million. The investment over the next two years will support close to 60 mental health pilot projects to improve K-12 students’ well-being…