The campaign aims to change the way cancer is viewed and to ensure people act early to improve their chances of survival. Research highlighted that fear of a potential cancer diagnosis continues to stop people from acting and the campaign reinforces
The volunteer services and patient support for the Yukon Hospital Corporation say it’s been very successful in running a program called the "Morning Brew Crew". It started two years ago and has about 60 regular volunteers and the hospital now needs
A program designed to help seniors with complex health needs stay in their homes longer earned the Canadian Frailty Network’s Conference Choice Frailty Innovation Award. It was chosen among programs dedicated to frailty in older adults. Caring for
The program will serve patients homemade, locally sourced foods, including the vegetables pulled from a healing garden. The cafeteria chef believes if a hospital can provide children with food that's comforting and nourishing and they have an
Beginning in October, B.C. will be the first province to provide information about breast density to women and their doctors after their mammogram screening tests. Dense Breasts Canada says about 400,000 women in B.C. have dense breasts and many are
Telus Health says the funding will enable it to expand its Health for Good program to communities in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia by next year. The mobile clinic concept is already serving the health needs of vulnerable
Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. are encouraging employees to speak up about patient safety concerns. They analyzed reasons that stopped employees from raising patient safety concerns and found they were often too
While healthcare positions have long wait times for full-time employment in Sudbury, demand for personal support workers (PSWs) it at an all-time high. College Boréal has come up with a way to ease the shortage with a pilot project helping graduates
Unified Health opened what it's calling a community triage centre in Halifax on Sept. 23. At what the company's calling a pilot clinic, patients pay out-of-pocket for non-emergency care such as massage therapy, mental health counselling
Fraser Health is taking over ownership of privately-run MRI clinics in Abbotsford and Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 1. Both clinics will start providing publicly-funded exams within a month and all workers will become Fraser Health employees. B.C.'s health