The New Brunswick government wants to change the way seniors and other vulnerable citizens are reimbursed for prescriptions filled outside the province. Health Minister Benoît Bourque says the government plans to amend regulations under the
New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant believes the province is ideally suited for a pilot project on how to manage an aging population, and is pitching his idea to federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor for a study on how to combat the
The co-chair of New Brunswick's Council On Aging is calling on the provincial government to take a more urgent approach to the council's aging strategy recommendations, while the Department of Social Development says work is underway and a roundtable
Vitalité Health Network has maintained its status of accredited organization from Accreditation Canada, following a survey of the Network's various points of service to assess services provided and determine if they met Canadian standards. The
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked federal health minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to work with the provinces to make home care more available amid a long list of priorities. The mandate letter state's Petitpas Taylor's "top priorities" as
Ontario Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins is establishing an opioid emergency task force that will operate out of the health ministry's emergency operations centre to help address the opioid crisis. The opioid task force will include front-line
To combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, Neighbourhood Pharmacies suggests the Ontario government change its MedsCheck program and require patients using the drugs to treat pain to consult with pharmacists. The evaluation would look at three areas
Joule, the innovation accelerator company set up by the Canadian Medical Association, is collaborating with Cloud DX, an Ontario company specializing in digital healthcare and AI that wants to bring mixed-reality technologies to the healthcare field
The National Quality Forum's blueprint calls on providers and payers to invest in evidence-based interventions to allow them to better measure and assess healthcare disparities. NQF urged stakeholders to re-evaluate how they use quality measures and
Scotland will pilot a maternity care model in which pregnant women will give birth at home or in "community hubs" operated by midwives. Expectant mothers will still have the option of giving birth in a hospital but usually only if they have a higher