The app, called SurgeCon, was developed by a RN and a doctor who work at Carbonear General Hospital's emergency department. The app is now used by all front-line staff at the ED. The staff use the app to input information and certain variables about
The QE II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax successfully put in kiosks in 2011. Now, Health P.E.I. is looking to implement self-serve admitting kiosks at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and Prince County Hospital in Summerside. Health P
Revera believes market and researchers tend to overlook the diversity within the senior population. Its survey makes a case for the private sector to be more innovative to improve the aging experience. With Canadians living well into their 80s and
The Manitoba government accepted the recommendation from a 2017 report and will designate paramedics as a regulated health profession. What that entails is that it allows paramedicine to be a self-regulating industry, similar to doctors and nurses
Alberta Health Services says a provincial advisory council is being developed to inform providers about the unique requirements of the LGBTQ community. This follows a census of AHS staff to determine the state of diversity and inclusion in the
People between the ages of 10 and 24 account for a fifth of overdose deaths from illicit opioids in B.C. The British Columbia Centre on Substance Use says there’s a lack of guidelines based on clinical studies involving young people, and youth
Data from fiscal year 2016-2017 found that 44% of students in grades seven to 12 tried alcohol at least once, an increase from FY2014-2015's figure of 40% and reversing a downward trend observed since FY2008-2009. Health Canada found cannabis use
This study was carried out by a U.K. online cognitive behavioural therapy provider. It shows that over half of patients with types 1 and 2 diabetes (51%) sought treatment for stress, anxiety, depression or other mental health problems, and three
The $43.8-million emergency department at Winnipeg’s Grace Hospital is over five times the size of the hospital’s previous ED. It’s part of a system-wide hospital reorganization aimed at reducing ED wait times. It has a "care-zone concept" designed
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) studied cardiac surgery patients that stayed in the intensive care unit (ICU) for 10 days or longer in Ontario. It found that 55% of patients who had cardiac surgery and then stayed in the ICU for