Alberta Health Services reports 205 residents took advantage of physician-assisted death last year. In the last six months of 2017, there were 102 such deaths, one-third more than in the same period the year before, when the procedure first became
E-STI testing is currently being implemented in the U.K. to meet increasing demand for STI testing. This trial, among people living in London, found offering internet-based testing for STIs nearly doubles the uptake of testing. As part of the London
U.S. healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente says a telestroke program has streamlined the health system's stroke care across 21 hospitals. The redesigned acute stroke workflow sees a dedicated telestroke neurologist manage all emergency stroke cases
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a consortium of health information management professionals and organizations, published recommendations for hospital cybersecurity approaches. It recommends a model that emphasizes
More than 4,400 prescription medications are now free for children and youth age 24 and under, the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation for Ontario families. Medications covered by OHIP+ include asthma inhalers, drugs to treat depression
Researchers examining frequent ED users at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital suggest ED-based care coordination can help hospitals reduce ED use, hospitalizations and costs for frequent ED users. The study offered usual care to half of the
A Saskatchewan physical therapist says the provincial government should implement multidisciplinary pain clinics, believing there's too much reliance on pharmacological remedies for relief from chronic pain. She admits that the main approaches to
The results from the New Zealand Health Survey were published using a new interactive tool called the Annual Data Explorer. The Health Survey collects information on the health and wellbeing of the population to help identify issues and monitor
The Ontario government budgeted $5.47 million for 12 projects approved through its Health Technologies Fund. Among the recipients of public funding includes Toronto-based MedChart platform, which allows patients at five hospitals to share data using
For people who are in the workforce already, the added burden of unpaid caregiving for a family member or loved one may lead to insomnia and other sleep issues, according to a study from Sweden. Researchers found that the likelihood of sleep problems