The provincial government is looking to send more patients outside the province for quicker access to healthcare. The arrangement would send some patients who need an angiogram to get their heart problem diagnosed to the Mayo Clinic in the U.S. The
As part of the pilot, paramedics responding to 911 call will be able to consult a Virtual Triage Physician for guidance in situations where they determine a patient could be released or referred to another healthcare provider rather than transporting
The IUD and Women’s Health Clinic’s dedicated to helping younger women understand and plan for their reproductive lives as part of lifelong caring for their bodies. Its clientele is often marginalized by the traditional healthcare system, includes
Twenty emergency operations centres set up at B.C. hospitals during the height of the COVID pandemic will be reopened as the province's healthcare system deals with surges in COVID, influenza and RSV infections. The health minister explains the post
AI is widely hoped to be the rescue for overstretched health systems around the world in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic but questions of legal accountability and moral responsibility in AI-driven decision-making are being raised, drawing
As part of the province’s ongoing health reform, a steering committee was formed in Sept. with front-line nurses, nursing leadership, union representatives, Horizon human resources and schedulers to examine the feasibility of establishing a self
Horizon recruited and onboarded five RNs for patients in the ED, while a total of five NPs are now working in the ED. The health network also added nursing support to the Brunswick inpatient unit. Overall, 19 of 24 RN positions at the hospital are
Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (ESMH) in Sheet Harbour, N.S. doesn’t have a physician and closed for the entire month of Jan. Provincial officials are planning to keep the ED open for good through a hub and spoke approach that's tailor-made for the
Nursing vacancies for GTA hospitals are one of the greatest challenges across the system and in critical care. The four hospitals received support from the Ministry of Health to launch a pilot project to recruit and orient nurses to work across the
Alta. premier Danielle Smith floated the idea of health spending accounts for Albertans in a 2021 paper for the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. The implication then was individuals would have to pay for their own HSAs to cover medical