The Calgary Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) team will work with EMS crews to direct them to the most appropriate care facility for each of their patients based on patient need and site capacity. The IOC team will be composed of specially trained
The mobile drug-checking service would operate out of a van at different sites across the city. Users would be able to submit samples of drugs to be tested for toxic substances before they're used, such as fentanyl. After seeing the test results
Island Health is taking over the leases and purchasing the surgical equipment at surgical centres in Victoria and Nanaimo. The facilities will transfer to Island Health ownership from their current operator, Surgical Centres Inc. (SCI) The health
Two Indigenous patient navigators were hired to work at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton. The role was conceived through consultation with First Nation stakeholders. The navigators are there to meet the cultural needs of
A group of Ottawa Hospitals are offering access to health records on smart phones. They formed the Champlain Association of Meditech Partners (CHAMP) partnership, which is focused on connected care and uses the MEDITECH Expanse health information
There are unique barriers and inequities in the province's north that prevent Indigenous people from getting the care and information they need. The animated video series features a family physician of First Nations heritage and addresses what cancer
A spike in excess deaths that began in the summer of 2021 as the COVID-19 Delta variant began spreading in the province saw 636 more deaths than normal over a 20-week period – a mismatch with the 79 COVID deaths the province reported during those 20
The report sets out recommendations for establishing a MAID regime that addresses situations regarding incurability, irreversibility, individual capacity, suicidality and the impact of structural vulnerabilities. The panel concluded that many of
A mistake often made during and after health crises sparked by social issues is to focus on creating more or better services - which doesn’t help deal with the increased demand for services as well as the supply of services. During the pandemic
The plan is to open 40 family connections centres across the province and four are slated to provide services under a pilot program next year. Families of autistic children will no longer get the current funding of up to $22,000 a year until age six