The service will be dedicated to daily care for major trauma patients after admission to the QEII. It’s an extension of Trauma Nova Scotia and is led by a trauma care nurse and physician who will be on-call daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The position
A national seniors’ advocacy organization says the country’s healthcare system isn’t ready for the massive influx of dementia patients in the coming years. The report benchmarks the progress of each province in providing care for people with dementia
Screenings stopped for only three months during the beginning of COVID-19 at some facilities but the effect was severe. The organization warns that the temporary decrease in testing led to many cases of the disease being diagnosed at later stages
The BC Centre of Disease Control is combining surveillance reporting to include influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens in one platform to better monitor trends throughout the respiratory season. The platform will replace the map of COVID
The health network’s looking to address the province’s orthopedic surgery backlog created due to staffing shortages, an aging population and pandemic-related surgery cancellations. Horizon says the funding will result in over 1,090 additional hip and
The beginning of the pandemic triggered a rapid transition to virtual patient visits with physicians in Ont., which soared up to 80% and then stabilized at 50 to 60% of all physician visits. ICES found that for more than 10 million patients with at
The NBHC's Population Health Profile provides an overview of the health and well-being of people who live, learn, work and take part in activities in each community of the province. As part of the launch, NBHC is also making it easier for citizens to
The percentage of adults limiting their sedentary time to eight hours or less per day, including three hours or less of recreational screen time differs if sedentary behaviour was self-reported as opposed to captured by a pedometer-like device
Depression is one of the strongest risk factors for suicide, the second leading cause of death for men under 50. The report on men’s mental health in the workplace also found one in three participants experienced thoughts of suicide or self-injury at
As the NBHC points out, elderly patients suffer from being stuck in hospitals and this ties up beds meant for other patients, an occupational therapist at a special care home in Moncton believes more seniors in hospital waiting to be placed in a