University of Toronto researchers want to address hospital overcrowding by turning a community hospital system into the country’s first learning health system. They spent two years talking to people with complex medical needs and time with patients
The research tracked patients who reported the high cost of drugs forced them to leave prescriptions unfilled or stretch out the time between doses. Researchers found that providing prescriptions free of charge to these patients saved the public
Allergies in both children and adults have risen over the last several years and much of the rise in allergies and asthma can be directly linked to climate change, says the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Research shows that
The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board estimates 5.7 million Canadians have diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and another 6 million are likely prediabetic. The cost burden of diabetes in Canada is around $29 billion annually. Other findings
About 4% of people in B.C. experience severe food insecurity, which means missing meals, reducing intake or not eating for a day or more at a time. Almost 15% of people struggle to put food on the table and, as a result, babies, children and youth
B.C. is eyeing the expansion of a novel program in Canada for patients living with mild to moderate overdose-related brain injuries. The program, which allows people living with brain injury and their support persons to develop an understanding of
The initiative, launched in 2021, involves community health and wellbeing workers going to families’ homes, delivering healthcare advice and connecting people with local health and community support services. An evaluation of the program found those
The U.K. government believes giving more options of where patients can go for treatment, including in the independent sector, could cut up to three months off waiting times after being referred by a GP for treatment. Information for healthcare
With the Health Facilities Act, the province will be looking into moving cataract surgeries and possibly other surgical procedures where the need is high. A pilot program has cataract surgeries being performed already in private clinics in Bathurst
There will be 14 clinics the government describes as new or strengthened. The expansion includes collaborative family practice teams, primary care clinics, after-hours clinics, urgent care centres and urgent treatment centres. The province is adding