Alberta's health minister says that after a year-long delay to make it compatible with smartphones, a province-wide online patient portal will be operational by next April. Sarah Hoffman explains that when first proposed, the idea of making the
Yukon's Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) found the territorial's department of health and social services committed overreach when it demanded detailed patient data in response to a physician's billing request. The IPC admits the Yukon
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto says the non-profit organization HIMSS designated the hospital's analytics model at level 6, the second-highest grade possible. CAMH says the award is a reflection of its commitment to
Researchers in the U.K. found each day spent in an RN-understaffed ward over a three-year period conferred a 3% rise in mortality risk, whereas each additional hour of care provided by an RN was associated with a 3% reduction in the chances of dying
Helsinki Children’s Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility that serves sick children from all over Finland, opened earlier this year. The building is a case study in patient-centered design and includes a number of process innovations and digital
No shows are patients who don’t bother to show up or call to cancel their appointment. A family practice in St. John’s calculated the total wasted time created by no shows (that could have been used to see patients) to be 571 hours since November
B.C. premier John Horgan isn't against incorporating dental care into the public healthcare system. Without going into much detail, he stated that the provincial government may consider the idea during budget consultations next year. Horgan adds that
Figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) point to a steady increase in cases of cannabis-induced psychosis in recent years. CIHI data reveal that 373 people were discharged from hospitals across the country - excluding
The U.K.'s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling on obesity to be officially recognized as a chronic disease in order to address it more effectively. It issued a call for the government and the broader health sector to recognize obesity as a
A study from StatsCan suggests women (19%) suffer more workplace harassment than men (13%), partially because females make up a greater proportion of front-line workers who can be exposed to abuse from clients and customers. This is especially true