Research showed that for the 40 to 49 age group, screening of 1,000 women over seven years resulted in 294 false-positive results and prevented less than one cancer death. The guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care lets
Between Jan. 2016 and June of this year, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) estimates that over 9,000 Canadians died as a result of opioid use. Of the over 2,000 deaths which occurred in the first half of 2018, PHAC says 94% were the result of
Medavie Blue Cross notes productivity costs to employers from workplace mental health problems is around $56 billion annually, with 500,000 workers off work every week due to mental illness. It adds that organizations lose about 14% of their annual
Infoway's e-prescribing service PrescribeIT launched in Saint John, N.B., with a physician sending prescription requests electronically to Sobey's and Lawtons Drug pharmacies in the region. Since its debut in 2017, PrescribeIT's digital service was
The average wait time for a home care assessment in Moncton is 88 days. The provincial average is 60 days, which puts the region behind the provincial target of 85 days from two years ago. In 2016, the Auditor General criticized the Department of
In a survey, Infoway discovered that 84% of primary care physicians and 89% of specialists access health information electronically, outside of their main practice. While an earlier survey indicated that 40% of patients want digital telehealth
A panel called the Council of Canadian Academies released three reports into problematic types of applications under the medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program. Parliament asked the council to consider the ethical and practical issues surrounding
The Rexdale Community Health Centre in Etobicoke, Ont. tested the program with about 500 participants last summer, giving doctors the option to prescribe "social prescriptions", or activities that promote social connections and strengthen community
The study show that patients in Ontario discharged during the December holiday period have an increased risk of death or readmission at seven days, 14 days and 30 days compared to patients released during other periods. Holiday-discharged patients
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) is partnering with Research Manitoba on an accelerator program designed to evaluate technologies connected to aging and brain health. Startups will be eligible for up to $200,000 to test their