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Encouraging participation in the New Brunswick Hospital Patient Care Experience Survey
The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is beginning its Hospital Patient Care Experience Survey in New Brunswick’s hospitals. The survey is a follow-up to similar surveys in 2010 and 2013. It is designed to measure several factors touching on…
Protective factors as a path to better youth mental health
Moncton, NB (NBHC) - The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing a brief regarding the need to improve the state of youth mental health in the province. It outlines the improvement of protective factors and the concept of resilience as…
Variability in Health Service Quality in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing a second brief this year, focusing on the quality of health services with respect to the health system sustainability challenge. The brief addresses the variability in health service quality…
Addressing the Sustainability Challenge in the Health System
Moncton, NB (NBHC) - The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing a brief addressing the Health System Sustainability Challenge in New Brunswick. Citizens expect that their health system is contributing to improving the health status of…
Health System Report Card shows primary health services reform needed
Moncton, NB (NBHC) - The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing its most recent Health System Report Card as part of its commitment to providing the citizens of New Brunswick with important information about the quality of health…
Citizens asked to share their experience with home care services
Moncton, NB (NBHC) - The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is launching its second survey about the quality of home care provided to New Brunswickers. Citizens who have recently received home care services for which costs are entirely or…
Little improvement in primary health services over the last three years
Moncton, NB (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is publishing the results of its second survey regarding primary health services. Over 13,500 citizens responded to the survey by telephone between May and September, in all areas of…
Causes of Avoidable Mortality in N.B. and in the Zones: where to Focus our Population Health Efforts
Moncton, NB (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council has released its latest Population Health Snapshot. The Snapshots for the province and each of the seven zones have been updated with the most recent indicators available. This Snapshot seeks…
The NBHC unveils four priorities for Children and Youth Health
To mark International Children Right’s Day, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) would like to take the opportunity to highlight four key areas related to the health of children and youth in the province: achieving healthy weights, improve…
Improving First Line Health Services, from Services at Emergency Departments, Doctor’s Offices and Clinics and more
Moncton (NB) (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is launching its second survey about primary health for New Brunswick citizens. Primary health care is usually the first point of contact with the health care system, and may include…
My Community at a Glance: NBHC's new tool
Moncton (NB) (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is launching 33 community profiles today entitled My Community at a Glance. The goal of this new tool is to empower individuals with information about their region that will stimulate…
Value for our health services dollars: NBHC’s evaluation of diabetes clinics suggests better results prompted by patient-centered approach, not necessarily by more staff
Moncton, NB (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing its first report which evaluates and identifies effective practices designed to improve health service quality and outcomes in New Brunswick’s diabetes clinics. This will…
NBHC’s Population Health Snapshot shows more work needed to address the four health priorities
Moncton, NB (NBHC) - The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) has released its latest Population Health Snapshot, updated with the most current indicators for the province and each of the seven zones. In addition, this year’s Snapshot provides an…
Publication of the New Brunswick Health System Report Card 2013
Moncton, NB (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is releasing its fourth Health System Report Card, an important tool that measures the quality of health services being delivered in the province. This tool provides an overall…
Publication of the 2013 Acute Care Survey
Moncton (NBHC) – The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) is publishing the results of its second acute care survey in New Brunswick. The survey targeted patients who were discharged from one of New Brunswick’s 20 acute care hospitals between the…
State of the Child Report released today
TRACADIE BEACH (GNB) – The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate and the New Brunswick Health Council today released the sixth annual State of the Child report in Tracadie-Beach. Part I of the report, Children in Caring Communities: From…