Alta.'s nurse practitioners (NPs) say they could be doing more to assist the province's ailing healthcare system, by caring for patients who don't have a family doctor. They're renewing calls for the provincial government to put a system in place to
B.C. Cancer says patients are waiting longer than they should for treatment. Wait times to see an oncologist are exceeding the ideal maximum, which is about four weeks. B.C. Cancer says staffing shortages are at the heart of the delays. The
As the first to examine the connection between socioeconomic status and opioid incidents at the national level, the University of Waterloo found that from 2000-2017, poorer Canadians were 3.8 times more likely to die from opioid-related causes than
Socioeconomic status is among the strongest predictors of optimal childhood development but a growing body of research suggests children’s early exposure to green spaces near their homes could also play a significant role. In its study, BC Children’s
The Western University study’s the first to connect shortness of breath after COVID-19 with several physiological components. Their technique involved participants inhaling polarized xenon gas while inside an MRI. They found that the transition of
In the midst of an acute shortage of access to care, there’s a growing need to address potential co-morbidities in the urban Indigenous population. The Wije’winen Health Centre will offer medical services that are informed by language, ceremonial and
The idea for Virtual Hallway came from two doctors looking to have specialist input earlier on in the course of a patient's illness. It's essentially a phone consultation platform that allows primary care providers to gain rapid access to a
The study investigated rates of visits to the ED for community-dwelling people with dementia in Ont. during the first two waves of the pandemic. Researchers observed large immediate declines in rates of visits during the pandemic, which remained
Central East region hospitals were running independent systems, meaning they couldn’t easily share patients' health information and sometimes the same tests had to be conducted over again. The Clinical Information System (CIS) was rolled out by seven
Dementia’s anticipated to reach nearly one million Canadians over the next 12 years and dementia prevention is becoming an increasingly urgent national health priority. UBC’s Faculty of Medicine is taking part in the country’s largest dementia