The ICES study underscores factors related to elevated healthcare use such as mental illness and substance use that can inform interventions for EDs as the point of contact. It shows the rates of inpatient, emergency and physician visits were…
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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…
The COVID-19 pandemic showed how the country was able to manage a health crisis but Canadian doctors say it's time turn our attention to the climate and health crisis to protect citizens today and generations to come. They…
The NBHC's Population Health Profile provides an overview of the health and well-being of people who live, learn, work and take part in activities in each community of the…
The study found that from 2007 to 2021, there were 370,756 patients (2.1% of the adult female population in Canada in 2022) diagnosed with breast cancer and 86% of these…
The program will be called the Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) program and $1.16 million in funding is being provided to make changes. Horizon will hire full-time FNEs in Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Upper River Valley and Miramichi.…
Avec une pénurie de personnel et la hausse des virus respiratoire au Qc, les urgences des hôpitaux pédiatriques comme le CHU Sainte-Justine…
There were 4,438 reported incidents of violence in the B.C. healthcare sector in the past year. In response, the province will train 320 in-house protection service officers and 14 violence prevention leads to address increasing levels of…
A national report assessing autism services across Canada reveals an evidence gap on rates of autism among…
A cardiovascular specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto teamed with a palliative care physician to develop a collaborative at-home palliative care approach in which heart-failure patients receive care from a team that includes…
L'Université Beal va réserver jusqu'à 100 places dans son baccalauréat en sciences infirmières pour les étudiants néo-brunswickois à partir du mois de jan., et ce, pour offrir programme accéléré de moins de trois ans. L'établissement…
CIHI found cases of pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, rose from 3,109 in 2017-2018 to 4,440 for the year ending Mar. 31, 2022. Over that same time, the rate of bedsores for every…
Des contrats ont été signés avec trois agences privées, soit Canadian Health Labs, Goodwill Staffing et Agence SPI pour faire face à la pénurie d’infirmières. Les premières infirmières dépêchées par ces agences ont commencé à travailler dans deux…
A University of Alberta professor found a 5% increase in medical services for discharged ER patients when the department’s workload increased. Both supply and demand…
Depression is one of the strongest risk factors for suicide, the second leading cause of death for men under 50. The report on men’s mental health in the workplace also found one in three participants experienced thoughts of suicide or self-…
The beginning of the pandemic triggered a rapid transition to virtual patient visits with physicians in Ont., which soared up to 80% and then stabilized at 50 to 60% of all physician visits. ICES…