Bill-21, an Act to Protect Patients, could see doctors and other providers face automatic licence suspensions for sexually abusing patients. The bill is similar to legislation already passed in Ontario and sets out strict processes and punishments
Fifteen homes in the Victoria, B.C., area will be outfitted with technology designed to keep seniors with early-stage memory loss or dementia in their homes longer. The pilot project called Ease-e-Home uses Amazon Echo's digital assistant Alexa to
Federal rules taking effect Nov. 1 will require all doctors and nurse practitioners to report how many patients are forced to leave Covenant Health's health facilities for medical-assistance-in-dying (MAiD) assessments. An Alberta woman was recently
Staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital improved patient care and raised staff morale using only 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards. Hospital managers developed a patient-safety card game to encourage coworkers to work together and to reinforce
There are about 15 licensed nurse practitioners that are unable to work in the province because there are no positions available for them. One of these nurses is now considering a move to Nova Scotia because she can't find work. The Nurse
Bidders on a provincewide electronic health record (EHR) system in Nova Scotia allege the province mishandled the health services contract. The planned purchase of the EHR system is expected to cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and the
ICES and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health believe over one-third of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are high-cost healthcare patients, defined as those who rank in the top 10% of healthcare spending. The
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister sent updated mandated letters to all cabinet ministers, spelling out a vision for the departments. The letter sent to Minister of Health, Seniors and Active Living Cameron Friesen includes the following commitments
Kids Help Phone launched the Crisis Text Line in Manitoba as a pilot project in Feb. and was gradually expanded to include all jurisdictions on Nov. 6. Even before the initiative went live in B.C., Ontario and Quebec, the service was generating 1,000
Engaging Patients in Health Research: the Ontario Experience, a patient-oriented research supplement in CMAJ, features in-the-trenches experiences, tips and challenges from 17 IMPACT projects funded by the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit. The research