CMAJ points out that while the Canada Health Act guarantees the portability of care across the country, the piecemeal nature of health record storage presents barriers to the sharing of data and results in duplication of diagnostic tests. Even with
The award-winning program is designed to help seniors in P.E.I. to stay in their own home for longer to reduce ER overcrowding. One of the founders of the Caring for Older Adults in Community and at Home (COACH) Program, Dr. Tim Stultz, believes it
Health Canada will contribute $2.3 million over four years towards an opioid stewardship program in Saskatchewan. The project aims to raise awareness and develop new approaches to chronic pain management by promoting appropriate opioid prescribing
Developed with the support of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's Headstrong mental health program for youths, Indigenous students in Calgary developed an elders-in-residence program at their high school. The students' solution involves an elder
While the B.C. government had $75 million earmarked in its budget for respite care and adult day programs to ease the pressure on family members supporting seniors in their homes, the delivery of home care and day activity programs to support that
The CFHI will be working with seven additional organizations to spread Embedding Palliative Approaches to Care (EPAC). EPAC helps staff in long term care to identify residents who could benefit from a palliative approach to care, to have
A report from the Broadbent Institute contends there's nearly universal appeal for the idea of a national pharmacare program and outlines two possible strategies for achieving this goal. The first is for Ottawa to provide transfers to the provinces
During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, researchers at the University of Waterloo examined that prescribing habits of Ontario family doctors with regards to oral antibiotics. It found that 39% of late-career physicians - those practicing 25 years or more -
Research from the University of Waterloo suggests that if Ontario was to expand the scope of practice for pharmacists to bring them more in line with other provinces, the number of non-urgent ER visits could be reduced by one-third. As many as one
The report, by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences panel, aims to assist the Public Health Agency of Canada in creating and implementing a national dementia strategy, which is expected to be unveiled at the end of 2019. The report says quality of