The Ontario government says its online wait time tool will provide users with both the length of time between a referral and the first appointment with a specialist or surgeon and the time between the decision on a procedure and the date it's
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute made available Communicating After Harm in Healthcare guidelines to help healthcare organizations throughout the process of communicating after patient safety incidents that resulted in harm. The document can
The Canadian Medical Association, through its subsidiary Joule, will provide $150,000 in grants to five physicians for their medical innovations. Included are the following projects: In the later-stage category, the CMA will provide $50,000 to the
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement released a white paper, IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work, that aims to serve as a guide for healthcare organization leaders to ask colleagues at all levels of the organization, "What matters to you?"
Advocate Health Care says it was able to save more than $4.8 million costs through two nutrition models launched at four of its Chicago hospitals in 2014, having since enrolled more than 1,200 patients in the programs. Most of the savings stem from
eHealth Ireland has launched the eHealth Ireland Open Data Portal, which has more than 300 Open Data sources available to help users find and access data across the country's health sector. This includes information such as a health services
New Brunswick Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner Anne Bertrand is recommending the full disclosure of physician-identified billing information. Bertrand believes the Department of Health should release the exact amounts doctors bill for
Outgoing CMA president Granger Avery says his term was marked by contention in the healthcare sphere, citing the failure to renew a health accord between Ottawa and the provinces and the federal government's plan to close tax loopholes that benefit
A hospital in Orillia, Ont., claims wait times for an MRI decreased from 140 days to an average of 15. A spokesperson says additional funding from the LHIN allowed the MRI operation to expand from 16 hours of service, Monday through Friday, and eight
The Ontario branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association wants the provincial government to implement more restrictions on marijuana when the drug is legalized in 2018. It's asking that there be a zero-tolerance ban on using marijuana in vehicles