A study from CAMH and ICES suggests one-in-eight suicide cases in Ontario involved a diagnosis of schizophrenia, even though just 1% of the population has the disorder. Data from 2008 to 2012 finds that the rate of suicide among people aged 25 to 34
Chicago-based Advocate Health Care's hospitals saw a nearly 50% reduction in readmission rates after implementing a nutrition care program for malnourished surgical patients. A study exploring how nutrition care affected at-risk or malnourished
Horizon Health Network reports that nearly 30% of its hospital beds are being occupied by alternate level of care patients who would be better served in a non-medical setting. Horizon reported a slight increase in the number of inpatient beds now
A CIHI study looking at trends in opioid prescribing finds that YoY, prescriptions for the top six opioids declined between 2016 and last year, from a high of 23% for fentanyl, to just 1% for tramadol. Four drugs (fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine
The country’s Ministry of Health developed a package of online resources aimed at getting children aged five and under to play regularly and have quality sleep. The Active Play resources communicate the importance for young children to sit less, move
The target systolic blood pressure for patients over 50 at risk of heart complications was 140, meaning anyone above that should receive treatment. But in 2016, Hypertension Canada changed its guidelines to recommend that number be lowered to 120
A study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Toronto found children exposed to a combination of marijuana and tobacco smoke go the ER more often than those without smoke exposure. It also found children with exposure to
London, Ont. EMS officials are asking hospitals to change and improve the way nurses intervene to bring patients into the city’s emergency rooms. Paramedics in the region are spending thousands of hours stranded with patients waiting to get into
The province will invest $5 million to put more mental health workers in schools, representing a 50% hike in the grant funding. The expansion will add 15 more programs to serve a up to 100,000 K-12 students, up from the 65,000 children and youth who
The funding will be used for three new initiatives from the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) aimed at growing the life sciences sector. Nearly $4 million will be used to assess, design and implement a Health Data Lab