The Saskatoon Health Region reports on the implementation of an Accountable Care model at its St. Paul's Hospital, and provides an update on how the model is providing better care and better patient outcomes. Officials say targets are either being
U.S. caregivers are invited to create a CareMap - a hand-drawn picture showing all the people they care for as well as the people surrounding those individuals and their own sources of support. CareMaps are a tool created by the Atlas of Caregiving
The Parliamentary Budget Officer's report estimates setting up a universal program for prescription medications would amount to about $4.2 billion in savings annually in Canada. The report provides estimates of the cost to the federal government for
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) issued a statement in which CMA President Dr. Laurent Marcoux called for the federal government to invest in seniors' care, guided by a pan-Canadian seniors' strategy with the goal of renewing of the entire
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has released its organizational structure as the transition from 12 health regions in the province to a single body continues. The SHA will launch operations on Dec. 4, 2017. The senior leadership team will be
A professor at UBC's school of population and public health estimates the national economy could save $7 billion over five years if workplaces implemented programs that reduced rates of the following five modifiable risk factors by just 1%: Physical
Institute for Healthcare improvement Senior Director Cory Sevin co-authored a report that lays out a framework to guide practice facilitators - individuals trained to build the improvement skills of ambulatory care teams - in building improvement
NHS England's Sustainable Improvement team and the Horizons team updated the Leading Large Scale Change: A Practical Guide to reflect today's health and care landscape and challenges. The guide aims to support healthcare leaders to deliver large
The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study, conducted in 11 communities across Atlantic Canada, reveals about 60% of households are harvesting traditional foods. The study points to high rates of food insecurity, difficulties accessing
A report from CIHI suggests that nationally, in the fiscal year 2016-2017, there were 16 opioid poisonings per day that resulted in hospitalizations, a 19% increase from the daily hospitalization rate in FY2014-2015. Hospitalization rates varied