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Johns Hopkins University researchers developed an algorithm that can reduce the rate of patients who don't show up for scheduled medical appointments and increase appointment availability. Use of the tool allowed the Johns Hopkins Community…
The province’s plan includes funding 1,100 hospital beds, including 655 new beds and 450 existing ones. The announcement is separate from the PC government’s plan to create 15,000 new long-term care beds over the next five years.
Southcoast Health, an affiliation of three partner hospitals in Mass., and nursing facilities have been working on the Project ReD (Re-Engineered Discharge) program, to improve how elderly…
A St. Michael's-Providence clinical collaboration in Toronto could double the number of pressure wound surgeries performed at St. Michael's each year. Providence staff offer enhanced knowledge to provide rehabilitation for patients who undergo…
MacEwan University's $4-million clinical-education facility is expected to pilot a new approach to healthcare training. It's designed with a co-ordinated, team-based approach in mind and features 21 exam rooms with video cameras, mental health…
The University of Manitoba study found children and teens living with mental illness are less likely to graduate from high school, more likely to be involved in the justice system, experience suicidal behaviour and require income assistance in…
EY's New horizons: Executive insights on the future of health explains healthcare organizations are being challenged to lower costs and improve outcomes while…
Umbrella Medical Clinic opened in September and intends to fill a gap in healthcare service by offering such services as transgender healthcare, to emergency contraception and HIV prevention. Beyond…
A tool called HealthIM will soon be used by officers across nine police agencies to respond to calls involving someone experiencing a mental health crisis. The tool’s being put into place through a $310,000 investment by the province through the…
Being active is shown to be beneficial in slowing disease progression in patients with dementia. Toronto-based Baycrest will open a centre for brain health and wellness in which patients use a gym or a pool…
The Canadian Medical Association Journal analyzed the quality of healthcare in Canada and outlined strategies (sub. req.) that it feels would improve it at the system level. The authors…
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…
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…
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…
The patient-centered initiative targeting outpatient antibiotic prescribing is part of Intermountain's commitment to the U.N.'s Antimicrobial Resistance…
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.