The percentage of Horizon Health Network hospital beds occupied by alternate level of care patients (ALC) was between 25% and 26% per cent in 2020-2023. Currently, it’s approximately 35%. Horizon says it’s working on finding placements, where
The survey tracked Canadians’ satisfaction at the start of the pandemic until 2023 and found a decrease of satisfaction across the country but N.B.’s dip is the lowest, going from 42% to 11%. Responding to the survey, the Department of Health pointed
Nova Scotia Health entered a 10-year oncology partnership with Varian that includes utilizing AI in digital imaging. The partnership will provide N.S. with equipment and software to expand the oncology transformation project across the province
A study confirms financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions. It’s true for both those who have no coverage at all and people who have some coverage
Self Care Through Hair, an initiative from Black Mental Health Canada (BMHC), is the first program of its kind to utilize barbers and hairdressers to tackle the stigma and struggle of mental health in the Black community. Barbers receive training in
The program is inspired by doctors’ experiences in India. KINCARES involves training volunteers to visit people weekly in the final months of their lives and doing everything from making them tea to taking them for walks to ministering to their
N.S. will join several other provinces in licensing and employing emergency medical responders. The healthcare professionals will assist paramedics, help with hospital patient transfers and assist in offload areas in ERs. The first graduates are
The Healthcare Improvement Challenge asked healthcare providers and people with jobs connected to the system to make suggestions on ways to better N.S. healthcare. The ideas were narrowed down to a top 20 shortlist, which the public could vote on to
The Department of Health says two people already died this year, including a child under the age of nine and a person aged 10 to 59. Last year, there were 10 deaths in total, which represented a nearly 67% jump. At least two of these were children
At 35.3%, it’s the second highest rate in Canada, while the national average is 27%. N.B.’s disability rate is also increasing faster than anywhere else in the country - rising by 8.6% points between 2017 and 2022. Among the trends in the report is