Usually, only people with liquid assets below a certain level would be eligible for financial assistance and significant documentation would have to be provided. But starting November 1, people in Newfoundland will no longer have to provide proof…
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- NBHC Sustainability
N.L. eliminates liquid asset testing for those seeking long-term care and community support services
- NBHC Population Health
Inspired by a program in the U.K. which prescribed activities such as bingo, gardening and visits to a coffee shop to patients, a pilot-project by the province has doctors prescribing social activities to people suffering from loneliness. Funded…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Health Quality Council spent five years understanding wait times in the emergency department and found the issue has more to do with what’s going on elsewhere in the system than what’s happening in the ED. HQC’s ED Waits and Patient Flow team…
- NBHC Engagement
The patient-centered initiative targeting outpatient antibiotic prescribing is part of Intermountain's commitment to the U.N.'s Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge…
- NBHC Care Experience
A program designed to help seniors with complex health needs stay in their homes longer earned the Canadian Frailty Network’s Conference Choice Frailty Innovation Award. It was chosen among programs dedicated to frailty in older adults.
- NBHC Care Experience
The program will …
- NBHC Care Experience
Telus Health says the funding will enable it to expand its Health for Good program to communities in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia…
- NBHC Care Experience
This study from Scotland found a clinical pharmacist based in a GP practice saves about five hours of GP time per week in prescribing work. Clinical pharmacists were also found…
- NBHC Sustainability
While healthcare positions have long wait times for full-time employment in Sudbury, demand for personal support workers (PSWs) it at an all-time high. College Boréal has come up with a way to ease the shortage with a pilot project helping…
- NBHC Engagement
The Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians…
- NBHC Care Experience
This University of Alberta and ICES study of hospitalized adults over age 65 in Ontario found those who were discharged with home care were the most likely to be readmitted. Nearly 20% were…
- NBHC Sustainability
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is consulting stakeholders such as residency program leaders, governments and regulators to determine if physician residencies should be extended beyond two years. The association states there's a…
- NBHC Population Health
Despite making up only 5% of the study population in Saskatoon, high-cost mental health and addiction clients accounted for 35% of total healthcare spending. Their total…
- NBHC Care Experience
Beginning in October, B.C. will be the first province to provide information about breast density to women and their doctors after their mammogram screening tests. Dense Breasts Canada says about 400,000 women in B.C. have dense breasts and many…
- NBHC Sustainability
Fraser Health is taking over ownership of privately-run MRI clinics in Abbotsford and Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 1. Both clinics will start providing publicly-funded exams within a month and all workers will become Fraser Health employees. B.C.'s…
- NBHC Engagement
The campaign aims to change the way cancer is viewed and to ensure people act early to improve their chances of survival. Research highlighted that fear of a potential cancer diagnosis continues to stop…