After announcing the noona app launch over a year ago, cancer patients in the province can now use it to access appointment schedules, reminders and schedule changes. It's part of a Nova Scotia Health project intended to improve the patient
The Care Coordination Centre at the QEII Health Sciences Centre gives healthcare teams information on bed availability, the status of diagnostic tests and procedures, wait lists, ambulance offloads and patient transfers. The provincial government
All Canadian jurisdictions should routinely collect data on racial and Indigenous identity to address inequities in healthcare and the best way to do that is during the health card application or renewal process, a group of experts says. Black and
The Newcomer Health Hub (NHH) provides evidence-based, culturally-specific health information for newcomers and refugees. It also educates community members and frontline healthcare workers on how to treat the complex health challenges newcomers may
The redeveloped clinic offers an advanced plastic surgery procedure room, which is the first of its kind in Canada. This procedure room will allow 85% of plastic surgery trauma patients, who would’ve previously needed one of the centre's main
The agency is offering interpretation services in 23 Indigenous languages. This is available to all patients receiving care from AHS healthcare teams. The addition of Indigenous languages to AHS’ translation service builds off more than 240 languages
The province, which is dealing with a chronic shortage of healthcare staff, will pay for 25 continuing care assistants (CCAs) to complete a two-and-a-half year practical nursing diploma at NSCC. CCAs that worked in LTC for at least two years will be
The report shows provincial LTC standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of national protocols released this year. The Health Standards Organization developed the standards to boost quality of life and prevent
Many people with heart failure end up back in hospital with persistent symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath from fluid in the lungs and swelling in the abdomen and legs. The clinical trial, called VICTORY-HF, involves a remote monitoring system
In B.C., only four surgeons do all the transplants at two Vancouver hospitals. Kidneys that can’t be used are getting shipped to other provinces. BC Transplant, the provincial agency responsible for organ transplants, said 56 kidneys were sent