The federal government will hire Ottawa-based Advanced Symbolics, which specializes in social media monitoring and artificial intelligence, to forecast spikes in suicide rates. A tender document explains this pilot project will last three months
Diabetes is usually treated with one medication, while other drugs and insulin are added if the disease worsens. This wait-and-see approach has been turned on its head by a study in which doctors treat patients aggressively from the start with two
Moody’s Analytics report supports the idea that the social determinants of health significantly drive the impact of chronic diseases and other clinical conditions. However, the report found that social determinants are less strongly correlated with
The Resource Navigation program will see University of the Fraser Valley students volunteering in a kiosk at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital where patients being discharged can access information about community resources. The program is a
Alberta Health Services reports 205 residents took advantage of physician-assisted death last year. In the last six months of 2017, there were 102 such deaths, one-third more than in the same period the year before, when the procedure first became
E-STI testing is currently being implemented in the U.K. to meet increasing demand for STI testing. This trial, among people living in London, found offering internet-based testing for STIs nearly doubles the uptake of testing. As part of the London
U.S. healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente says a telestroke program has streamlined the health system's stroke care across 21 hospitals. The redesigned acute stroke workflow sees a dedicated telestroke neurologist manage all emergency stroke cases
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), a consortium of health information management professionals and organizations, published recommendations for hospital cybersecurity approaches. It recommends a model that emphasizes
More than 4,400 prescription medications are now free for children and youth age 24 and under, the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation for Ontario families. Medications covered by OHIP+ include asthma inhalers, drugs to treat depression
Researchers examining frequent ED users at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital suggest ED-based care coordination can help hospitals reduce ED use, hospitalizations and costs for frequent ED users. The study offered usual care to half of the