The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study, conducted in 11 communities across Atlantic Canada, reveals about 60% of households are harvesting traditional foods. The study points to high rates of food insecurity, difficulties accessing
A report from CIHI suggests that nationally, in the fiscal year 2016-2017, there were 16 opioid poisonings per day that resulted in hospitalizations, a 19% increase from the daily hospitalization rate in FY2014-2015. Hospitalization rates varied
The New Brunswick government wants to change the way seniors and other vulnerable citizens are reimbursed for prescriptions filled outside the province. Health Minister Benoît Bourque says the government plans to amend regulations under the
New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant believes the province is ideally suited for a pilot project on how to manage an aging population, and is pitching his idea to federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor for a study on how to combat the
The co-chair of New Brunswick's Council On Aging is calling on the provincial government to take a more urgent approach to the council's aging strategy recommendations, while the Department of Social Development says work is underway and a roundtable
Vitalité Health Network has maintained its status of accredited organization from Accreditation Canada, following a survey of the Network's various points of service to assess services provided and determine if they met Canadian standards. The
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked federal health minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to work with the provinces to make home care more available amid a long list of priorities. The mandate letter state's Petitpas Taylor's "top priorities" as
Ontario Minister of Health Dr. Eric Hoskins is establishing an opioid emergency task force that will operate out of the health ministry's emergency operations centre to help address the opioid crisis. The opioid task force will include front-line
To combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, Neighbourhood Pharmacies suggests the Ontario government change its MedsCheck program and require patients using the drugs to treat pain to consult with pharmacists. The evaluation would look at three areas
Joule, the innovation accelerator company set up by the Canadian Medical Association, is collaborating with Cloud DX, an Ontario company specializing in digital healthcare and AI that wants to bring mixed-reality technologies to the healthcare field