Governments, health sector institutions and providers are being urged to strengthen the IT networks that support medical infrastructure. The regulators say new data governance frameworks are needed to provide reasonable protection for sensitive
AHS lowered the recommended age for biennial breast cancer screening for average-risk women from 50 to 45. Alta. is the first province to make these changes. AHS says the updated guidelines were created by the Alberta Breast Cancer Screening Clinical
The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP) is the first of its kind in the country. It focuses on how the SDOH affect patients, as treatments prescribed aren’t always medications. The institute brings together providers, community partners
Since Oct. 2021, COVID-19 fatalities nearly doubled, according to PHAC numbers, while Jan. 2022 saw the highest rate of excess mortality in the country after Omicron became the dominant strain. Statistics Canada says the excess death rates decreased
A survey found that eight in 10 health experts are concerned about the rising rate of high blood pressure cases in Canada, as one in four Canadians are affected by the heart condition and more people are being diagnosed at an earlier age. The survey
The provincial government will spend $255,000 each year on the five-year project, which begins this fall. The first step will be to develop community action teams at each of the four pilot sites. Saint John, Woodstock, Kent County and the Acadian
The service will be dedicated to daily care for major trauma patients after admission to the QEII. It’s an extension of Trauma Nova Scotia and is led by a trauma care nurse and physician who will be on-call daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The position
A national seniors’ advocacy organization says the country’s healthcare system isn’t ready for the massive influx of dementia patients in the coming years. The report benchmarks the progress of each province in providing care for people with dementia
Screenings stopped for only three months during the beginning of COVID-19 at some facilities but the effect was severe. The organization warns that the temporary decrease in testing led to many cases of the disease being diagnosed at later stages
The BC Centre of Disease Control is combining surveillance reporting to include influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens in one platform to better monitor trends throughout the respiratory season. The platform will replace the map of COVID