Purdue Pharma and U.S. healthcare provider Geisinger have an ongoing wearable trial in which patients use an Apple Watch and iPhone equipped with a pain application (Pain Watch) to measure daily patient-reported pain scores and breakthrough pain
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 being
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 Medicine , to highlight patients’ experiences as they’re
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 facility
Essex-Windsor EMS launched Vulnerable Patient Navigator program (VPN) 2016 to curb the number of frequent, non-emergency, 911 callers. As part of the program, low-priority calls are connected with a paramedic who helps them navigate the healthcare
A two-year pilot project will embed crisis workers from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) with officers from the Woodstock Police Service and Oxford OPP on mental health service calls to improve police responses. The partnership will see
The Children's Hospital for Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa completed a three-year pilot project in which ambulances were modified so that they could become mobile neonatal ICUs for the hospital's coverage area. CHEO states that the units reduce the
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 of
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 programs will be centralized at three hospitals by
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says the healthcare sector will have to find ways to operate more efficiently as the province faces "difficult financial times." She believes the solution lies in system transformation and building healthcare