Times & Transcript columnist Norbert Cunningham expects that healthcare will once again be one of three dominant issues as the provincial election nears, alongside the economy and education. He says all 11 provincial elections since 1972 have focused
A Statistics Canada study found the majority of Canadian seniors are more satisfied with their lives than other age groups. On a scale from one to 10, the average score was 8.2 or "very satisfied" among senior respondents. For men, those aged 40 to
A report from the B.C. Seniors Advocate suggests seniors living in privately-run care homes are: Thirty-two per cent more likely to be sent to the emergency department; Thirty-four per cent more likely to be hospitalized; Likely to stay in hospital
A study in CMAJ suggests mortality rates spike when patients with a hip fracture wait longer than two days for surgery. Eighty-seven percent of people in that situation undergo a procedure within 48 hours. The research determines the following 30-day
The study (sub. req.) concludes people who exercise report having 1.5 fewer days of poor mental health a month compared to people who do not exercise at all. The beneficial effect of exercise was even greater among people who already had depression
The director of health systems analysis and emerging issues at CIHI notes it's impossible to get good data on how prevalent pressure ulcers (bedsores) obtained in hospital or in long-term care. She explains that figures are most complete from Alberta
In a CMAJ commentary (sub. req.), two Toronto doctors argued patient portals should be universally available as part of patient care across Canada. The records patients access through portals should, at a minimum, include the primary care physician's
An internal Alberta Health Services (AHS) assessment of the health organization's EHR system shows individual health data is vulnerable to outside security threats. The Alberta Netcare Portal, an electronic system that gives healthcare providers
America's Essential Hospitals will undertake a three-phase research project aimed at improving patients' trust in their providers. The goal of the initiative is to build guidelines and policies that hospitals can use to boost patient trust
More and more healthcare providers are investing in data analytics for research, to gain insight into their business and clinical operations and improve patient care and population health efforts. South Dakota-based Sanford Health, a 44-hospital, 291