The patient-centered initiative targeting outpatient antibiotic prescribing is part of Intermountain's commitment to the U.N.'s Antimicrobial Resistance…
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- 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…
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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 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…
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The Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians…
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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%…
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Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. are encouraging employees to speak up about patient safety concerns. They…
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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…
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The volunteer services and patient support for the Yukon Hospital Corporation say it’s been very successful in running a program called the "Morning Brew Crew". It started two years ago and has about 60 regular volunteers and the hospital…
- NBHC Sustainability
Unified Health opened what it's calling a community triage centre in Halifax on Sept. 23. At what the company's calling a pilot clinic, patients pay out-of-pocket for non-emergency care such as massage…
- NBHC Population Health
Two neurologists at the University of Saskatchewan suggest that in 40% of cases, an individual suffering from seizures is misdiagnosed as having epilepsy. That represents 2,000 patients in Sask., and perhaps up to 72,000 people across Canada.…
- NBHC Sustainability
Infoway says 1,500 physicians and 29 community pharmacies in Ontario and Alberta signed up for PrescribeIT in its first year. The system enables prescriptions to be transmitted electronically by…