The investment will go towards retaining, training and recruiting medical staff across the province and towards boosting safety in hospitals. The measures, which aim to retain its 40,000 healthcare workers, include weekend premiums, wellness…
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The Rural Health Action Group’s efforts to recruit healthcare workers for the Sackville Memorial Hospital are paying off and the group suggests its grassroots approach could be a model for…
The province is continuing its plan to partner with non-hospital healthcare clinics to provide more publicly funded surgeries. The new charter facility for orthopedic surgeries will provide publicly funded surgeries under contract to Alberta…
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Research shows that individual pain risk isn’t adequately communicated to families of pediatric patients. Long-term pain following surgery can impact children’s quality of life and lead to increased use of pain medication, reduced trust in the…
As federal health officials are urging Canadians to wear face masks indoors, a Nanos poll found seven in 10 Canadians would…
The hospital, located at Cape Breton Regional Hospital, will be a point of care for people living with a mental illness. The pilot project will also offer intensive treatment for people during the day so they can return home in the evening.…
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The head of the Community Connectors program at St. Thomas University believes that an "age-segregated" society medicalizes aging instead of humanizing it. He proposed the program to address isolation in a group of people that wasn't being…
The pilot, tried at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, improved access to addiction and mental health services for over 1,900 patients since Jan. It permits a patient coming to an ED with addiction or mental health concerns to access a…
UNB found the mobile X-ray costs the health system about a third less than a traditional home-to-hospital transfer. The Radiography on Wheels Project also saves nursing home residents from the stress of long trips and eases pressure off the…
Connect Care ensures that a patient's health information can be accessed by doctors across Alta., rather than being confined to the family physician. As of Nov. 6, 225,000 Albertans are online with Connect Care and 2,800 more healthcare providers…
The clinic was launched in Sept. in Sydney to serve patients after post-tropical storm Fiona and 300 people used it. Staffed by NPs and other healthcare professionals, it offers in-person…
In July, a meeting of premiers centered on healthcare ended with only finger-pointing over funding. As…
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The Care Possible site was created by Manitoba Possible, a group that advocates people with disabilities. It aims to connect people needing home care or respite services with workers who provide those…
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The group’s advice will inform immediate and longer-term solutions to address significant health workforce challenges. The Coalition will be comprised of nurses, doctors, PSWs, unions, colleges and universities, public health, patients,…
As many as one million British Columbians don’t have access to a primary care provider and the province is now moving away from the traditional 'fee-for-service' model of payment. As part of the model, a full-time doctor in B.C. will receive…
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There are stories across the African diaspora of men and women in N.S. not being listened to by their providers and, as a result, going undiagnosed. The Fair Care Project intends to use…