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…
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Health in the News
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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…
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The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests seven ways the federal government could raise…
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The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) is partnering with Research Manitoba on an accelerator program designed to evaluate technologies connected to aging and brain health. Startups will be eligible for up to $200,000 to test…
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The Fraser Institute states that in 2018, Canadians could expect to wait 19.8 weeks for medically-necessary treatment. Nationally, wait times were…
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The study, completed by doctors at University Health Network (UHN) and St. Michael’s Hospital, found 65% of patients reported disturbances in one of four categories - sleep, mobility, nutrition or mood - while admitted. About 30% of patients…
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A survey conducted for virtual care provider Medisys finds 71% of employer group benefit plan members says they'd be willing trade off other benefits if it meant access to healthcare professionals through an…
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NHS England says there’s growing evidence of the mental health risk new and expectant fathers face. As part of the expanded perinatal mental health program, partners of pregnant…
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Statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) suggest that in the…
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Telus Health says the technical glitches affected users of its Med Access software in Alberta, B.C., N.L., N.S., Ontario and Saskatchewan over a one-year period ending in Nov. of 2018. Seventy percent of the…
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A Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report related to pneumonia-related ER visits across the country didn’t have any…
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Selon le président-directeur général du Réseau, Gilles Lanteigne, le Réseau de santé Vitalité cible le 7 janvier comme date de réouverture de l'unité d'obstétrique à l'hôpital régional de Bathurst. Monsieur Lanteigne a rencontré le ministre de la…
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After a successful pilot in Ottawa and Kingston, CANImmunize will be available across the province. The app…
- NBHC Population Health
The CMA wants the federal government to consider implementing the recommendations contained in a global report on the health implications of…
- NBHC Population Health
In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reports 135,000 pneumonia-related ER visits across the country. That represents a 13% increase from the previous fiscal year. CIHI also notes that one out of four…
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