In an effort to gain the attention of youth and others unlikely to be connected by traditional outreach methods, Health Canada turned to online influencers. These are individuals with a significant social media presence. It's thought these people…
Health in the News
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- NBHC Engagement
- NBHC Population Health
Figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) point to a steady increase in cases of cannabis-induced psychosis in recent years. CIHI data reveal that 373 people were discharged from hospitals across the country -…
- NBHC Population Health
The U.K.'s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling on obesity to be officially recognized as a chronic disease in order to address it more effectively. It issued a call for the government and the broader health sector to recognize obesity as…
- NBHC Population Health
The U.K.'s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling on obesity to be officially recognized as a chronic disease in order to address it more effectively. It issued a call for the government and the broader health sector to recognize obesity as…
- NBHC Care Experience
Quebec-based DermaGo is an online platform that allows patients to connect virtually with a dermatologist for a fee. Using a camera-enabled digital device, patients take photographs of their skin…
- NBHC Sustainability
Grace Losier resigned as chair of the board of Horizon Health Network. The Liberal-appointed chair says she stepped down at the request of Health Minister Ted Flemming, and that someone working for Flemming had given her the choice of resigning…
- NBHC Care Experience
The executive director for the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs says access to treatments for opioid and other forms of addiction is largely predicated on where a person lives. He explains that supervised consumption sites only exist…
- NBHC Care Experience
Remote northern communities often lack access to affordable fresh food which is a situation that can affect the health of people living there. This is why, on a weekly basis, patients at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre are served…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Main Street Medical Clinic in Springdale, Nfld., opened satellite offices in seven communities in the province, offering opioid addiction treatment services. The owner explains that patients used…
- NBHC Care Experience
The B.C. government says there's no province-wide mental health resource available to post-secondary students, which is why it plans to introduce a virtual counselling, information and referral service that'll be available 24/7. The program will…
- NBHC Care Experience
Fifteen healthcare practitioners in the Belleville, Ont. area are taking part in an 18-month trial to determine if social prescribing is beneficial to individuals with depression, anxiety and loneliness. Similar to a program in Montreal in which…
- NBHC Population Health
While the Public Health Agency of Canada publishes statistics on the number of individuals who suffer fatal overdoses as a result of opioids, some physicians in Vancouver say there are no comparable data for people who suffer brain damage from…
- NBHC Care Experience
A study led by Dalhousie University found that between 1997 and 2015, First Nations children were more likely to require neonatal intensive care and had higher incidences of…
- NBHC Care Experience
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…
- 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…