This Doctors Nova Scotia position paper outlines recommendations for palliative care delivery. These include: Defining the roles of health professionals providing palliative care, determine workforce needs and ensure the system is responsive to
The province currently treats mental health and addictions care as two distinct issues with separate services. The Manitoba Mental Health and Addictions Strategy report from Virgo highlights issues with long waits for services and says the provinces
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions' list of 10 case studies looks at what's working globally to reduce low-value care, or patient care that provides no net benefit in specific clinical scenarios, spanning 10 organizations in five different
Early results from a pilot project in England that offers psychological assessments to patients with physical health problems found it cut hospital admissions by 75%. NHS described the strategy as a "game-changer" for mental healthcare and it expects
A report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) finds very few of the hundreds of mHealth apps on the market for diabetes care management have been researched. AHRQ discovered just 11 of 280 commercially available mobile health apps
The Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University believes Canada’s health system is in dire need of an overhaul because health needs have changed, but the system hasn’t changed with them. He says wait times aren’t the core problem, but a
The British Medical Association suggests that family doctors cap their number of patient appointments at 25 per day, a proposal which sparked a debate in the country's medical community. The proposal suggests that family doctors should see between 25
A guideline compiled by CMAJ suggests there's no clinical benefit to primary care practitioners conducting vision screening in older adults. It contends that as most provinces provide seniors with free access to checkups with vision specialists
Over the next five years, the funds will aim to shift the delivery of care from hospitals to community health centres and improve access to palliative and end-of-life care. The deal also sets out what the province will do with the first installment
The study estimates Canadians’ unhealthy eating habits amount to an annual price tag of $13.8 billion in direct and indirect healthcare costs. The direct costs include visiting the doctor or hospital and medication, while indirect ones are measured