A study conducted by SRDC (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) for Infoway finds that both Canadians and the healthcare system benefit when patients can access their personal health records (PHRs) online and use digital health e-services
The website’s creator, who is also a professor in the department of psychiatry at Dalhousie University, says sleeping pills are costing the healthcare system money when there is an alternative. The website mysleepwell.ca aims to teach people how to
Australia is cracking down on the anti-vaccination movement, cutting tax credits for parents who don't keep their kids' vaccines up to date. The country’s No Jab, No Pay policy means families with kids who don’t have up-to-date vaccines will no
Crisis Services Canada, a national suicide prevention service, says its Canada Suicide Prevention Service program could shutter if it doesn't find short-term funding before it runs out of money in the next two months. The pilot program links existing
The U.K.'s Health Foundation's working paper explores how 16 high-income countries - including Canada - have thought about and implemented changes to their funding systems for health and social care to better meet the challenges ahead. Among the
Times & Transcript columnist Norbert Cunningham expects that healthcare will once again be one of three dominant issues as the provincial election nears, alongside the economy and education. He says all 11 provincial elections since 1972 have focused
A Statistics Canada study found the majority of Canadian seniors are more satisfied with their lives than other age groups. On a scale from one to 10, the average score was 8.2 or "very satisfied" among senior respondents. For men, those aged 40 to
A report from the B.C. Seniors Advocate suggests seniors living in privately-run care homes are: Thirty-two per cent more likely to be sent to the emergency department; Thirty-four per cent more likely to be hospitalized; Likely to stay in hospital
A study in CMAJ suggests mortality rates spike when patients with a hip fracture wait longer than two days for surgery. Eighty-seven percent of people in that situation undergo a procedure within 48 hours. The research determines the following 30-day
The study (sub. req.) concludes people who exercise report having 1.5 fewer days of poor mental health a month compared to people who do not exercise at all. The beneficial effect of exercise was even greater among people who already had depression