In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government’s offering a 50% increase in forgivable loans for some students. Up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family
Wellness4MDs, designed by researchers at the University of Alberta and Dalhousie University, delivers daily supportive text messages in English or French to subscribers across the country for six months at no cost. The program aims to reduce levels
The longitudinal family physician (LFP) payment model gives doctors the option to scrap the fee-for-service model, which paid them a flat rate of around $30 per patient visit, whether they're treating a simple common cold or a complex chronic health
The program aims to boost home care services in Que. as the population ages. People who want to become home care workers can enrol in an accelerated training program paid for by the government. It's similar to another program Que. rolled out in 2020
A pilot project by the CHUM and Pharmaprix is hoping to offer some 100 women greater care post-birth, particularly when it comes to cardiovascular risks. Complications such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia are
The baby boomer generation became the largest in Canada in 1958 - seven years before the last baby boomer was even born. They accounted for 40% of the population from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. As of July, the average age in Canada was 41.6
The Chalmers hospital has been undergoing renovations for six years. Two years ago, doctors began advocating that one of the renovated spaces become a hybrid operating room, which gives physicians the ability to do all kinds of surgeries and
Nearly 20% of Albertans live in rural and remote communities and about 10,000 of them travel to major urban centres to receive specialized care. The partnership between Alberta Innovates’ Digital4Health program and the Glenrose Hospital Foundation
The NHS is offering routine preventative bowel cancer screening to thousands of people in England with a genetic condition that increases their chance of developing certain cancers. This is a world-first move by the health service to reduce cases and
The provincial government is working with both Vitalité and Horizon to reduce the use of travel nurses across the province. While Horizon and Vitalité said they spent a combined $56.8 million in the first five months of 2023-24 on the costs