Research from the University of Waterloo suggests that if Ontario was to expand the scope of practice for pharmacists to bring them more in line with other provinces, the number of non-urgent ER visits could be reduced by one-third. As many as one
The report, by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences panel, aims to assist the Public Health Agency of Canada in creating and implementing a national dementia strategy, which is expected to be unveiled at the end of 2019. The report says quality of
People who are alcohol dependent will be assisted by new Alcohol Care Teams and smokers will be helped to stop in a drive to see all smokers encouraged to quit. The program comes alongside prevention initiative to curb obesity and diabetes to lower
Discussing waiting lists for access to family doctors, at an editorial board meeting with The Telegraph-Journal last June, NB Health Council CEO Stéphane Robichaud said he believed the problem wasn't fundamentally a doctors’ shortage. Instead, it was
The Telegraph-Journal spoke to the United Way of Greater Saint John’s Executive Director Wendy MacDermott about poverty issues facing the Sussex area. MacDermott said the statistics are almost as bad as Saint John, highlighting the New Brunswick
Mental health problems among adults are on the rise, according to the latest CAMH Monitor survey, the longest ongoing study of adult mental health and substance use in the province. Significant findings of the survey show that, between 2016 and 2017
A study from the University of Calgary and the Calgary Local Immigration Partnership finds that between 2013 and 2016, the perception that healthcare needs were unmet was lower among the city's immigrant population (4.3%) than among its non-immigrant
The Age-Well National Innovation Hub at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, B.C., received $3.5 million in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada, a federal government agency. The money is for a digital health circle, which will foster
Royal Bournemouth Hospital unveiled the U.K.'s first hospital "bouncer" nurses to redirect non-urgent patients away from ERs - and the hospital says the initiative reduced waiting times dramatically. The "gatekeeper" nursing staffers are stationed at
Krembil Research Institute found nearly one in five of patients with back pain report a persistent trajectory with associated increased disability, pain and use of healthcare. The researchers identified four trajectories among participants reporting