The executive director of Pain BC notes that Ontario and Quebec are funding province-wide pain management initiatives that include primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and social workers as patients’ groups work to create co
The University of Alberta hosted a three-day workshop offered by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) about mental health, hormone treatment, surgical options, laws, policies and ethics. This is the first time WPATH's
Horizon Health Network is in discussions with UNB to increase seats for nursing students and it’s looking to ramp up recruitment efforts nationally and internationally. Karen McGrath, the CEO of the Horizon Health Network, told the legislature that
Dr. John Dornan, Chief of Staff, Horizon Health Network shares his perspective on why some patients have to wait for four hours in the ED to see someone. Dr. Dornan explains that the aging population has created an increased demand on acute care beds
Doctors are seeing smaller payment increases at the same time that the number of doctors per Canadian is rising. In 2016-2017, total gross clinical payments to physicians increased 2.8% to $26.4 billion. It’s the lowest single-year increase since the
Heart & Stroke’s annual report finds patients hospitalized for one vascular condition are at significant risk of experiencing additional vascular conditions and shows that the health system isn’t set up to deal with their complex needs. Among the 1.5
The B.C. government says 72 deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgeries will be performed in the province in the current fiscal year on Parkinson's patients who no longer respond to medication. That's double the number of procedures that took place three
The University of Toronto study suggests that even with high immunization rates, unvaccinated people threaten the safety of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Attack rates among those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 were highest when
The survey found that 17% of Canadians vaped in the past 12 months, up seven points since a similar poll conducted in Sept. 2020. Vaping remains more popular among those aged 18-to-34 (26%) than among their counterparts aged 35-to-54 (18%) and aged
Researchers found minimal improvement among those who completed two follow-up assessments and the study reported the most persistent symptoms one year after being discharged from the hospital were fatigue, aching muscles, physically slowing down