Patients and healthcare providers have been encouraged over the past months to pledge to improve compassionate quality care in Ontario as part of Change Day Ontario. Almost 6,000 visitors made pledges on the site and through social media. They range
The appointment comes after the release of a report on loneliness last year by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness which found about nine million people report often or always feeling lonely. Another study showed about 200,000 elderly people in the U
Six mental health and domestic violence agencies in London-Middlesex are working together on a network of "talk-in" clinics to reduce wait times and to improve access to services for those who have more than one area of concern. When a new client
Roots of Hope, a community-based suicide prevention project developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, will be initiated on the Burin Peninsula on the south shore of Newfoundland. The MHCC says the program has five main features
A report from the Rational Therapeutics and Medication Policy Research Group (RTMP) on medication appropriateness and access suggests a universal drug information reference would reduce misuse and errors. Their research found gaps in the existing
The Ontario government will provide health services to homeless people at five Toronto shelters in a pilot project set to get underway later this year. The provincial health minister says mental health supports, chronic disease management and wound
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta embarked on a six-month research project looking into how best to integrate emerging health technologies into care delivery models. A spokesperson for the group says there's a fine line between a
St. Catharines' Brock University researchers say almost half of all doctors’ appointments do not start on time. In two separate studies, they found most appointments start late because physicians weren’t yet available and few were because the
The C.D. Howe Institute compared healthcare systems in 11 OECD countries and found Canada was ahead of only France and the U.S. on performance metrics. To remedy the perceived shortcomings of domestic healthcare delivery, the institute recommends
A program in Guelph, Ont., provides a safe space for those experiencing substance abuse problems who aren't sick enough for hospital but still require medical supervision. Paramedics monitor the well-being of patients in the two-bed Supportive