The Ontario legislature passed Bill 160, which aims to bring greater transparency to healthcare, including oversight of LTC homes and drug companies. Among the provisions in the law are: Requiring the medical industry, including pharmaceutical and
Rather than adding new beds to alleviate overcrowding at some hospitals, some experts say administrators should look at how they can use the ones they have more efficiently. Dr. Paul Pageau, President of the Canadian Association of Emergency
The eHealth Centre of Excellence will roll out the one-year pilot project to about 100 doctors and nurse practitioners across the region in early 2018, with the hope of expanding it to more practices. The software includes secure messaging, video
Executives from Geisinger, George Washington University Hospital and TigerText, which develops communication platforms for medical professionals, have created a multi-organization Patient Safety Committee for hospitals and health systems that use
Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health Sytem has used a provider dashboard linked to its Epic EHR to nearly cut in half the number of opioid prescriptions written in its EDs, physician offices and community practice clinics. Over the past three years
The majority of people treated in an Ontario emergency room after a suicide attempt are not seen by a psychiatrist within six months. The CMAJ study highlights that those in most need of mental healthcare don't get access to the specialists even in
The Newfoundland doctor says his company, Medicuro, is the province's first virtual health clinic. He’ll charge patients $49 dollars on a weekday or $99 for an overnight appointment. Personal memberships ($359/year) and family memberships ($579/Year)
A B.C. study suggests patients having trouble finding doctors and specialists will see the problem exacerbate in the coming years, revealing that about 40% of doctors in the province are at - or near - the average age that doctors retire, 65.1. The
Medimap is a website that shows the estimated length of time it should take to see a doctor at walk-in clinics. The tool's now being launched in Winnipeg. Every half hour, staff from participating clinics update the medimap.ca website with their wait
To study how social media could be a helpful tool for increasing patient engagement and satisfaction, researchers created a Facebook group for liver transplant patients to use as a virtual community forum. Family members, caregivers and healthcare