The director of health systems analysis and emerging issues at CIHI notes it's impossible to get good data on how prevalent pressure ulcers (bedsores) obtained in hospital or in long-term care. She explains that figures are most complete from Alberta
In a CMAJ commentary (sub. req.), two Toronto doctors argued patient portals should be universally available as part of patient care across Canada. The records patients access through portals should, at a minimum, include the primary care physician's
An internal Alberta Health Services (AHS) assessment of the health organization's EHR system shows individual health data is vulnerable to outside security threats. The Alberta Netcare Portal, an electronic system that gives healthcare providers
America's Essential Hospitals will undertake a three-phase research project aimed at improving patients' trust in their providers. The goal of the initiative is to build guidelines and policies that hospitals can use to boost patient trust
More and more healthcare providers are investing in data analytics for research, to gain insight into their business and clinical operations and improve patient care and population health efforts. South Dakota-based Sanford Health, a 44-hospital, 291
The King's Fund's case study of the Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, looks at how the system has helped the most vulnerable populations by stepping beyond the bounds of conventional health services. The report offers an overview of
A Horizon client was inspired to create the Healing Books Project because of the support she found in self-help and therapeutic books while in treatment for PTSD. The bibliotherapy program was supported by Horizon's Addictions and Mental Health team
Results from a survey will inform P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office's responses to the legalization of cannabis in the fall. Island residents over the age of 16 are encouraged to share their attitudes towards cannabis, their current use and their
U.K. adults over 60 are being urged to take part in screening to detect bowel cancer at an early age. England's NHS is using the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to pass out screening leaflets to patients traveling to and from non-urgent
An IPSO survey commissioned by HomeEquity Bank shows that Canada’s aging baby boomers aren't moving out of their homes and into inner-city condos, as some pundits had predicted. Instead, the survey shows that 93% of people aged 65-plus say it's