As part of the province’s ongoing health reform, a steering committee was formed in Sept. with front-line nurses, nursing leadership, union representatives, Horizon human resources and schedulers to examine the feasibility of establishing a self
Horizon recruited and onboarded five RNs for patients in the ED, while a total of five NPs are now working in the ED. The health network also added nursing support to the Brunswick inpatient unit. Overall, 19 of 24 RN positions at the hospital are
Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (ESMH) in Sheet Harbour, N.S. doesn’t have a physician and closed for the entire month of Jan. Provincial officials are planning to keep the ED open for good through a hub and spoke approach that's tailor-made for the
Nursing vacancies for GTA hospitals are one of the greatest challenges across the system and in critical care. The four hospitals received support from the Ministry of Health to launch a pilot project to recruit and orient nurses to work across the
Alta. premier Danielle Smith floated the idea of health spending accounts for Albertans in a 2021 paper for the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. The implication then was individuals would have to pay for their own HSAs to cover medical
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada agrees the accreditation process for doctors trained overseas is too cumbersome so it'll increase capacity in its review process so applications and exam eligibility are dealt with more quickly
The moves are meant to mitigate a nursing shortage in B.C., with a nursing union official reporting the province has 5,000 vacancies in nursing, a number that could grow to 28,000 in eight years if nothing is done. The upfront charges can cost
A team of faculty, students, residents and patient/public co-investigators at UBC Health identified eight guiding principles for patient and public engagement with a medical school: reciprocity, partnership/shared decision-making, inclusion
The study from Israel found that various types of health issues after a mild case of COVID lingered for several months but cleared up within the first year after an infection. Certain symptoms, including weakness and difficulty breathing, were more
In the U.S., one in four people over age 65 experience social isolation. A pair of studies strengthen observations that a lack of social contact and interactions with people on a regular basis increases the risk of dementia and suggest that simple