The U.K.'s Care Quality Commission (CQC) currently rates hospital care, social care and GPs. Under the new plan, it will rate 800 more providers who will be required to display their rating on their website or business premises. The latest plans
It's reported that since 2010, surgeons at public hospitals removed 2,363 gastric bands that were implanted at private clinics. At a cost of between $3,000 and $14,000 per removal, it's estimated the cost of the post-op surgeries to the taxpayer is
Researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics that preventative telemedicine could play a key role in helping school-aged children with asthma manage their condition. Children who used telemedicine and in-school care for their asthma were found to have fewer
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in northwestern Ontario has been over capacity by about 70 patients. To better deal with the flu season and high overcrowding due to the influenza outbreak, it’s temporarily moving 32 patients as well
Four chronic pain sites in Ontario will start using Manage My Pain, an app that can help patients with chronic pain better manage their symptoms and communicate with their physicians outside a clinic and in-between visits. Toronto General Hospital’s
Atlantic House Calls is a fee-for-service healthcare practice that began its operations in May 2017 in Saint John. It aims to serve patients with mobility issues, anxiety issues, those who don't have access to a family physician, or who want to avoid
A report for the B.C. government finds that the implementation of an EHR system in Nanaimo is plagued by mismanagement and is at least $54 million over its initial budget of $173 million. The audit points to a "general climate of distrust" at the
Patients and healthcare providers have been encouraged over the past months to pledge to improve compassionate quality care in Ontario as part of Change Day Ontario. Almost 6,000 visitors made pledges on the site and through social media. They range
The appointment comes after the release of a report on loneliness last year by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness which found about nine million people report often or always feeling lonely. Another study showed about 200,000 elderly people in the U
Six mental health and domestic violence agencies in London-Middlesex are working together on a network of "talk-in" clinics to reduce wait times and to improve access to services for those who have more than one area of concern. When a new client