The eVisitNB virtual care clinics app, intended to reduce high patient volumes in ERs and walk-in clinics, is offered to anyone with a New Brunswick Medicare card. It’s offered since Jan. but users of the app are concerned it’s not as effective…
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At Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, the scheduled surgery wait-list for children grew to 5,600 patients since 2020. Despite the fact that children’s hospitals are beginning to move back to full operation, as pandemic restrictions are lifted, these…
The excess death rate from March 14, 2020 to Oct. 30, 2021 was more than 75. The province’s numbers were much larger than N.S. (about -20), P.E.I. (about -90), and N.L. (about 40). Possible explanations for these figures include when…
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The series is a one-stop shop for education and resources to develop authentic patient engagement skills in healthcare within the context of B.C. The webinars include a Q&A and insights from healthcare and patient partners actively engaging…
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The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) says it’s the first time it’s reached out to the public to gather input on how the system failed them, whether it’s because of lengthy wait times, a lack of family doctors or specialists or other problems.…
As the NBHC points out, elderly patients suffer from being stuck in hospitals and this ties up beds meant for other patients, an occupational therapist at a special care home in Moncton believes more seniors in hospital waiting to be placed…
Créés en 2001, les groupes de médecine de famille (GMF) ont pour but d’accroître l’accès aux médecins de famille, désengorger les urgences et améliorer l’accès aux services psychosociaux. L’Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-…
The B.C. government’s desire to avoid the patient’s experience of hallway medicine and crowded hospital waiting rooms may have motivated directing funding towards urgent care centres and hospitals. A Dalhousie associate professor of Family…
Screening will be available at 36 centres for those aged between 55 and 74, currently smoking or previously smoked and have a smoking history of 20 years or more. People who meet the criteria are encouraged to call the program for a consultation…
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Se préparer au retour à la maison : de l’admission à la sortie explique aux patients et à leur famille à quoi s’attendre pendant le séjour à l’hôpital et…
- NBHC Engagement
BC Children’s recognized pain management as one of the most challenging areas for day surgery families. To improve the situation a Patient Experience Scientist at UBC designed a study to learn about…
The research found an elevated likelihood of hospitalization, admission to an ICU and death among COVID-19 cases who were chronically exposed to fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ground-level ozone. Ozone exposure was found to be…
The Ontario Medical Association says the backlog for certain services, which now sits at 22 million, grew roughly by one million in the last three months - an increase fueled by the Omicron variant. The organization warns the delays are bad for…
Cancer Action Now, an alliance of 28 healthcare organizations, claims there are signs that the cancer death rate is accelerating due to delays in cancer screening, treatment and surgeries over the last two years. Its goal is to urge provincial…
The AMA says persistent staffing challenges are taking a toll on all facets of the healthcare system,…
Researchers found that nearly 30% of Canadian adults (nine million people) were infected during the Omicron wave early in 2022, compared with just 10% who were infected in the previous four waves. Of those infections, one million were among the…