A judge issued an injunction preventing naturopathic doctors in the province from saying they’re qualified to practise medicine in the province. Although naturopaths are professionally regulated in other Canadian provinces, they remain…
Health in the News
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- NBHC Care Experience
- NBHC Care Experience
Research led by the University of Toronto found 98,097 errors at 301 community pharmacies in Nova Scotia between 2010 and 2017. Of those, 928 resulted in patient harm. In its…
- NBHC Sustainability
No shows are patients who don’t bother to show up or call to cancel their appointment. A family practice in St. John’s calculated the total wasted time created by no shows (that could have been used to see patients) to be 571 hours since November…
- NBHC Care Experience
A pilot project at Western Hospital in Alberton has caught the attention of the CMA. President Dr. Gigi Osler was in P.E.I. to have a first-hand look at Western Hospital’s tele-rounding project, which was launched in August. Tele-rounding was…
- NBHC Population Health
McMaster University researchers found that there is generally lower access to fresh produce in rural grocery stores compared to urban. The study…
- NBHC Population Health
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) released a position paper to make the case that racism is a public health issue that contributes negatively to the physical and mental health…
- NBHC Care Experience
The aging population, along with advances in medical care, means people are living longer with chronic conditions. This creates a growing need for the healthcare workforce to have expertise in serious illness care, including clinical expertise in…
- NBHC Care Experience
Helsinki Children’s Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility that serves sick children from all over Finland, opened earlier this year. The building is a case study in patient-centered design and includes a number of process innovations and digital…
- NBHC Care Experience
The National Health Service's proposals focus on reducing never events and improving the safety of patients with mental health issues…
- NBHC Care Experience
A study from StatsCan suggests women (19%) suffer more workplace harassment than men (13%), partially because females make up a greater…
- NBHC Care Experience
Expectant mothers in the Interior Health region of B.C. will have access to the SmartMom program. Prenatal education and support can be delivered to the patients' cellphones via text…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Helene Tremblay Lavoie Foundation is tasked with increasing access to dementia and long-term care for Ontario seniors who's first language is French. It notes that in Toronto, there's only one LTC…
- NBHC Care Experience
Alberta's health minister says that after a year-long delay to make it compatible with smartphones, a province-wide online patient portal will be operational by next April. Sarah Hoffman explains that when first proposed, the idea of making the…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto says the non-profit organization HIMSS designated the hospital's analytics model at level 6, the second-highest…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Alberta government will permit midwives to prescribe and administer a broader range of prescription drugs, including contraceptives and contraceptive devices. In hospitals, they'll be allowed to order and dispense benzodiazepines and…
- NBHC Care Experience
Yukon's Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) found the territorial's department of health and social services committed overreach when it demanded detailed patient data in response to a physician's billing request. The IPC admits the Yukon…