In an effort to increase vaccination rates, the federal health minister will support five multi-year projects to the tune of $3.4 million. Ginette Pettipas Taylor says Ottawa also launched a national awareness campaign on childhood vaccination. The
In addition to the campaign, three donor physicians signed contracts to share a half-time position responsible for providing leadership and education as part of a new model for Saskatchewan's organ and tissue donation system. The 2018-2019 budget
Asthma is one of the leading causes of hospital stays for people younger than 20, with more than 6,000 hospitalizations in 2015-2016. Through the past decade, hospitalization rates were about 1.5 times higher in lowest-income neighbourhoods compared
French researchers found that mental illnesses ranked second among the causes of disability-adjusted life-years for youths ages five to 14 in the Americas and Europe in 2015, up from third place in 2000. The findings showed that conduct disorders
The New Brunswick College of Psychologists says children in need of psychological assessments face an estimated three-year wait. It believes that for $4.1 million a year, that backlog could be cleared in eight years. The group’s proposal highlights
Moncton-based mental health counselling service SAGE Solutions launched a video counselling app called SAGEnow to help civilian and military to access one-on-one counselling with a clinician. The app can be used to book appointments with a network of
Hospital research shows that, between 2011 to 2017, almost half of nurses working inside the Saint John fRegional Hospital emergency room have left. It associates these departures with work-related stress. The finding is part of an ongoing study into
The Enhanced Primary Care Pathways program found 84% of patients who would normally have to wait to see a specialist were unnecessarily referred. It was designed to link family doctors with specialists to eliminate unnecessary referrals and give
While B.C is dealing with a shortage of physicians, Creston Valley has a low vacancy rate of one-and-a-half doctors. The town took recruitment in its own hands and hired a dedicated physician recruiter. Creston Valley is home to a small local
Data from CIHI show that giving birth is the most common reason for hospitalization, with more than 366,000 births taking place in a hospital in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. However, the rate of babies born in hospital is falling: from 112 per 10,000