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Between Jan. 2016 and June of this year, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) estimates that over 9,000 Canadians died as a result of opioid use. Of the over 2,000 deaths which occurred in the first half of 2018, PHAC says 94% were the…
A panel called the Council of Canadian Academies released three reports into problematic types of applications under the medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program. Parliament asked the council to consider the ethical and practical issues…
Infoway's e-prescribing service PrescribeIT launched in Saint John, N.B., with a physician sending prescription requests electronically to Sobey's and Lawtons Drug pharmacies in the region. Since its debut…
The study show that patients in Ontario discharged during the December holiday period have an increased risk of death or readmission at seven days, 14 days and 30 days compared to patients released during other periods. Holiday-discharged…
The average wait time for a home care assessment in Moncton is 88 days. The provincial average is 60 days, which puts the region behind the provincial target of 85 days from two years ago. In 2016, the Auditor General criticized the…
Research showed that for the 40 to 49 age group, screening of 1,000 women over seven years resulted in 294 false-positive results and prevented less than one cancer death. The guidelines from…
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) says two-thirds of seniors take at least five different prescribed medications. It also contends that about half that number of seniors are taking at least one potentially inappropriate medication,…
The Rexdale Community Health Centre in Etobicoke, Ont. tested the program with about 500 participants last summer, giving doctors the option to prescribe "social prescriptions", or activities that promote social connections and strengthen…
The U.K.’s National Health Service is the largest purchaser of fax machines in the world. It’s been ordered by the U.K. health secretary to stop buying more…
In a survey, Infoway discovered that 84% of primary care physicians and 89% of specialists access health information…
The Trusted Patient Coach app is being used by Southcoast Health hospitals to let patient or a designated family member communicate with their provider as they're …
Medavie Blue Cross notes productivity costs to employers from workplace mental health problems is around $56 billion annually, with 500,000 workers off work every week due to mental illness. It adds that organizations lose about 14% of their…
The REACH Institute program is being launched in Saskatoon by the continuing medical education division at the University of Saskatchewan. Twenty-five…
Addictions and mental health patients at the Abegweit First Nation Mi'kmaq Wellness Centre, northeast of Charlottetown, are seeing success incorporating Mi'kmaq traditions into their patient care. At…
Researchers in the U.K. found each day spent in an RN-understaffed ward over a three-year period conferred a 3% rise in mortality risk, whereas each additional…
As part of an ongoing project between The Lung Association and pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim, it's estimated that in addition to the 1.6 million Canadians with COPD, there are nearly as many that have the chronic illness but are unaware. A…