The Children's Hospital for Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa completed a three-year pilot project in which ambulances were modified so that they could become mobile neonatal ICUs for the hospital's coverage area. CHEO states that the units reduce the
The system of copying patients into letters sent between doctors and specialists has forced patients to then visit their GP to have the contents of the letter explained to them in terms they understand. This is part of the reason whey the Academy of
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s (WRHA) plans for phase two of the Healing our Health System program revolve around consolidating mental health services and a surgery program. Mental health programs will be centralized at three hospitals by
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says the healthcare sector will have to find ways to operate more efficiently as the province faces "difficult financial times." She believes the solution lies in system transformation and building healthcare
A study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy outlines two options considered constitutionally viable for a national pharmacare framework. Under the first, provincial governments would delegate the power to administer drug insurance plans
The province is adding 15 specialist residency seats to the Dalhousie University medical school, bringing the total number at the university to 65. These new spaces will be in place next July. The province is willing to spend $1.5 million a year on
Public drug plan expenditures increased by an additional 1.9% in fiscal year 2016-17, following growth of 10.8% the previous year, reaching a total of $10.7 billion, according to a Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB) report. The increase
Launched under the name Civica Rx by not-for-profit healthcare system Intermountain, the generic drug company aims to disrupt the industry by addressing shortages and high prices for medications. The company is organized as a not-for-profit
England created an additional National Health Service (NHS) unit to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services. The plan is create a national cloud-based repository for GPs and hospital paper records that could
A Brunswick News survey found healthcare was picked as the number one election issue in the province. Taking into consideration the province is home to the oldest, most obese and one of the unhealthiest populations in the country, Brunswick News