The service provides seniors with some of the essential support of a LTC facility in their own home. The Long-term Care at Home program equips seniors’ homes with technology for virtual care and monitoring, customized to an individual’s needs and
N.S. is funding a clinical psychology residency at Dalhousie University to attract more mental health professionals to the province. The program will begin in the fall of 2025 and offer four full-time residency seats for advanced doctoral students in
Building on the success of the Health Career Access Program (HCAP), which trained over 8,000 healthcare support workers in LTC homes, assisted-living facilities, home support and acute-care settings, the program’s expanding into mental-health and
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) primarily come from vehicle emissions and industrial activities. Canada’s federal and provincial governments haven’t set concentration limits for UFPs, as they have for larger fine particles known as PM2.5. The study
Rates of 17 different kinds of cancer, including breast, pancreatic, ovarian and colorectal, were as much as three times higher among the younger generation compared to Baby Boomers. Other studies linked many of those cancers to obesity, which rose
Hundreds of Prince Edward Islanders were assigned to medical homes in July and thousands were removed from the patient registry through a data cleanup process. In all, the number on the registry fell from 38,623 early in July to 34,975 at the end of
The P.E.I. government says Islanders could have access to their medical records online by the end of this year or early in 2025. The provincewide patient portal is partially outlined in a digital health strategy for 2024-29. Health P.E.I. said last
The study found inequalities in mental health and substance use conditions between sexual minority and heterosexual populations haven’t improved since 2003. The disparities in mental health and substance use suggest a failure of public policy that
The federal government attributes the higher uptake to changes it introduced in July that allow dental clinics to submit claims without officially registering as providers of the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP). The changes permit dentists
Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) signed a letter of intent to enhance the use of data for quality improvement and informed decision-making, which are priorities for Canada's pandemic recovery