A Brunswick News survey found healthcare was picked as the number one election issue in the province. Taking into consideration the province is home to the oldest, most obese and one of the unhealthiest populations in the country, Brunswick News…
Health in the News
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- NBHC News
- NBHC Care Experience
The system of copying patients into letters sent between doctors and specialists has forced patients to then visit their GP to have the contents of the letter explained to them in terms they understand. This is part of the reason whey the Academy…
- NBHC Sustainability
The province is adding 15 specialist residency seats to the Dalhousie University medical school, bringing the total number at the university to 65. These new spaces will be in place next July. The province is willing to spend $1.5 million a year…
- NBHC News
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says that, if he wins, he’ll go much further than the governing Liberals in rolling back a ban on chocolate milk and junk food at school fundraisers. Higgs says he will scrap the nutrition policy…
- NBHC Sustainability
A study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy outlines two options considered…
- NBHC Population Health
The No Fixed Address program, piloted at London’s Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, helps patients who are homeless find housing and financial support. The program started in the summer of this year and helped 17 people so far. It’s…
- NBHC Engagement
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control launched a promotional campaign with the B.C. Dental Association to bring attention to the rate of antibiotic prescribing by the province's dentists. The initiative is…
- NBHC Sustainability
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA) plans for phase two of the Healing our Health System program revolve around consolidating mental health services and a surgery program. Mental health…
- NBHC Care Experience
To understand a disease through the eyes of patients and help bridge a gap between the classroom and the hospital, medical students at McMaster University created an online platform, Stories of…
- NBHC Sustainability
Public drug plan expenditures increased by an additional 1.9% in fiscal year 2016-17, following growth of 10.8% the previous year, reaching a total of $10.7 billion, according to a Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB)…
- NBHC Care Experience
Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) streamlined the multidisciplinary assessment form for its ER so that it has 70% fewer questions. The centre expects the shorter form will counteract the increase in adults visiting its…
- NBHC Engagement
The $3.1-million digital TalkHealthandCare platform will allow millions of frontline healthcare staff to post ideas, questions and challenges for government. The online tool was launched following feedback from staff that say they too often don't…
- NBHC Sustainability
England created an additional National Health Service (NHS) unit to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services. The plan is create a national cloud-based repository for GPs and hospital paper records that…
- NBHC Care Experience
Essex-Windsor EMS launched Vulnerable Patient Navigator program (VPN) 2016 to curb the number of frequent, non-emergency, 911 callers.…
- NBHC Care Experience
The Children's Hospital for Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa completed a three-year pilot project in which ambulances were modified so…
- NBHC Sustainability
Amazon is launching a clinic in the coming months for a small number of workers, with a goal of expanding in 2019. Apple, meanwhile, is in a hiring…