Research from California's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Optum Advisory Services reveals that when physicians follow computer alerts embedded in EHRs, hospitalized patients face fewer complications and lower costs, leave the hospital sooner and are
This column by retired health services executive and planner Jim Wolstenholme claims there has been no real healthcare progress because successive governments fail to make many of the necessary changes, even when they’re made aware of better
While healthcare systems around the world see the benefits in patient engagement and are attempting to involve patients and families in a range of activities, it seems managers, clinicians and researchers have ignored the significance of building a
Le rapport de l'organisme Children First Canada qui porte sur les enfants, leur santé et leur bien-être, dévoile que c’est au N.-B. et en N.-É. que l’on trouve les plus hauts taux de pauvreté infantile au pays. Près du quart des enfants, soit 22,2 %
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says the pilot project, to start in June of next year, isn't meant to predict suicides or identify specific people at risk of attempting it. However, AI will mine social media for keywords indicative of
Approximately 10% of the cancer drugs remained in IV tubing during treatment for almost 250 Horizon Health patients. Horizon said all patients or their families were informed by letter or phone call. The letter doesn’t indicate the time period the
A recent bedsore-related death has prompted the province to require all long-term care facilities to immediately report the number of bedsores and the severity of them in their facilities. The province’s health minister has now appointed an advisory
Ce cursus de deux ans, offert depuis 2008, est unique au Canada. Les adjoints au médecin sont des cliniciens qui travaillent en tant que prestataires médicaux généralistes sous la supervision d’un médecin. Ils sont autorisés à poser des diagnostics
A survey conducted for the Public Health Agency of Canada finds that most healthcare professionals encounter cases of vaccine hesitancy "on a regular basis," but outright refusals by patients to vaccinate remain relatively rare. The survey, meant to
The provincial government says the Family Practice Learning Centre (FPLC) is the first initiative of its kind that pairs people without a primary care provider with UBC family medicine residents. Interior Health collaborated with UBC's Faculty of