Patients in the U.K. will be given the option of "digital first" primary care as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The plan forecasts that primary care and outpatient services will change over the next 10 years to a model of tiered escalation depending
Harvard Medical School identified the twenty top-funded private U.S.-based digital health companies to analyze their products and services, related peer-reviewed evidence and the potential for impact on patients with high-burden conditions. The
The Globe and Mail’s André Picard explains how the annual "flu surge" reminds him how hospitals have a chronic capacity problem. Fundamentally, he believes, Canada’s health system problem isn’t ER overcrowding - it’s hospital overcrowding. The waits
Healthcare 101 is an online information series developed to help Albertans better understand their healthcare system. AHS enlisted several departments to create and design of this first topic, Healthcare Basics for Albertans, which outlines the
The ParticipACTION report gave kids a D+ grade for their overall level of physical activity. This marks a slight improvement from the past four reports where they received a D-minus. Researchers found only 35% of children from the ages of 5 to 17
In advance of Ottawa’s national poverty-reduction strategy, Campaign 2000, an organization dedicated to ending child poverty, reports federal ridings with the most child and family poverty are also home to the highest proportions of Indigenous
Federal data indicate the opioid crisis claimed nearly 4,000 lives in Canada in 2017, mainly from fentanyl overdoses. The death toll was 34% higher than 2016, with most deaths involving men aged 30 to 39. Almost 90% of the deaths in 2017 were in
The health authority's family presence policy is in effect throughout its institutions, from long term care centres to hospitals. The policy was developed with feedback from patients, residents and their families. It means and end to set visiting
Health Canada's proposed regulations to amend the Food and Drug Regulations and Medical Devices Regulations would require hospitals to report serious adverse drug reactions and medical device incidents. The proposal supports measures included in the
The red bags contain key information forms which care home staff can quickly fill out if a resident needs to be rushed to hospital. It also holds medication and personal items like hearing aids, glasses, slippers and dentures. They’re handed to