Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says the healthcare sector will have to find ways to operate more efficiently as the province faces "difficult financial times." She believes the solution lies in system transformation and building healthcare
A study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy outlines two options considered constitutionally viable for a national pharmacare framework. Under the first, provincial governments would delegate the power to administer drug insurance plans
The province is adding 15 specialist residency seats to the Dalhousie University medical school, bringing the total number at the university to 65. These new spaces will be in place next July. The province is willing to spend $1.5 million a year on
Public drug plan expenditures increased by an additional 1.9% in fiscal year 2016-17, following growth of 10.8% the previous year, reaching a total of $10.7 billion, according to a Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB) report. The increase
Launched under the name Civica Rx by not-for-profit healthcare system Intermountain, the generic drug company aims to disrupt the industry by addressing shortages and high prices for medications. The company is organized as a not-for-profit
England created an additional National Health Service (NHS) unit to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services. The plan is create a national cloud-based repository for GPs and hospital paper records that could
A Brunswick News survey found healthcare was picked as the number one election issue in the province. Taking into consideration the province is home to the oldest, most obese and one of the unhealthiest populations in the country, Brunswick News
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control launched a promotional campaign with the B.C. Dental Association to bring attention to the rate of antibiotic prescribing by the province's dentists. The initiative is targeting patients, encouraging them to
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) and the New Brunswick Trauma Program are integrating trauma care data into one data repository at NB-IRDT, a research institute at UNB. The health data will be used to illustrate
A report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information finds that patients who receive home palliative care are two-and-a-half-times more likely to die at home. That's key, it says, as 75% of respondents note their preference would be to pass