Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister sent updated mandated letters to all cabinet ministers, spelling out a vision for the departments. The letter sent…
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Regina's The Gardens Community Health Centre has become the first centre of its kind in the province to take a team-based approach to care. The provider team includes physicians, nurses, paramedics, therapists, a pharmacist and a nutritionist.…
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Protocol found to drastically reduce opioid use and leftover narcotics among post-operative patients
Called STOP Narcotics, the program was developed to reduce the amount of painkillers patients are given following common operations. Western University found the…
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Nova Scotia is said to be a Canadian leader in hospital room service. QEII Health Sciences Centre’s Halifax Infirmary is working on a room service food model that will have hot, fresh food prepared and delivered on demand via on-unit kitchens.…
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The College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada developed a…
- NBHC Engagement
The campaign, developed through consultation with students at two high schools, encourages youth to seek medical help if they think they've been sexually assaulted. It uses the hashtag…
- NBHC Care Experience
The research explains that since more and more patients are released the same day as their operations, they lose attention and education provided by nurses. That loss in post-operative oversight increased the chance they’ll experience…
- NBHC Sustainability
Plus d’un an après le lancement de Rendez-vous Santé Québec (RVSQ), sur environ 1400 établissements dans la province, 33 cliniques médicales s’en servent et 20 super cliniques sur 48 l’utilisent. Ces dernières devaient obligatoirement s’inscrire…
- NBHC Population Health
Canada's Chief Public Officer of Health says the country's life expectancy may be decreasing for the first time in decades as a result of the opioid crisis. In her…
- NBHC Care Experience
The study showed that EDs that treat the highest number of patients with chest pain have the best outcomes in Ontario. The ICES implies that these results have…
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Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says MOHLTC has undergone an organizational realignment as part of efforts to address "the ongoing hallway healthcare crisis in our healthcare system." She says some divisions and branches will be merged…
- NBHC Care Experience
The province says the International Resident Assessment Instrument for Long Term Care Facilities (interRAI) will enhance quality of care in long-term care facilities. The online care management tool will…
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Trillium Health Partners and SE Health were awarded the 2018 Minister's Medal for their cardiac program, Putting Patients at the Heart. The program has the hospital and home care acting as a team and can share…
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Physician assistants (PA) are permitted in Alberta, Manitoba, N.B., and Ontario. However, the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says B.C. should recognize the profession to ease doctor shortages and wait times, as well as providing…
- NBHC Population Health
Canadian studies presented at the World Stroke Congress include:
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StatsCan figures indicate that people with mental health-related disabilities are more than twice as likely to be assaulted than those who aren't. The agency…