Winnipeg-made QDoc connects users with a doctor through a webcam in roughly 15 minutes. The goal is to match each patient with a local physician in their area, whether it’s a pediatrician or an OBGYN. One quarter of QDoc’s users are diverted from ERs
The Southern Chief’s Organization (SCO), which represents 34 First Nations and more than 81,500 people in southern Man., says the province has committed to developing an agreement-in-principle to formalize the commitment. Culturally competent primary
The clinic, located inside a Superstore in Lethbridge, is a partnership with the University of Alberta. It's the start of a pilot project, with the possibility of opening more locations across the province. More than 35,000 residents in Lethbridge
The move’s designed to cover vacations over the next few months for RNs and LPNs. The province will cover registration fees for retired nurses and health authorities will cover accommodations and travel for those willing to practice in other parts of
The program and surgeries will run out of the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg. Once the program is fully operational, about 50 epilepsy surgeries will be completed each year, including 20 adult surgeries and 30 pediatric surgeries. The province hopes
Alta.'s nurse practitioners (NPs) say they could be doing more to assist the province's ailing healthcare system, by caring for patients who don't have a family doctor. They're renewing calls for the provincial government to put a system in place to
B.C. Cancer says patients are waiting longer than they should for treatment. Wait times to see an oncologist are exceeding the ideal maximum, which is about four weeks. B.C. Cancer says staffing shortages are at the heart of the delays. The
As the first to examine the connection between socioeconomic status and opioid incidents at the national level, the University of Waterloo found that from 2000-2017, poorer Canadians were 3.8 times more likely to die from opioid-related causes than
Socioeconomic status is among the strongest predictors of optimal childhood development but a growing body of research suggests children’s early exposure to green spaces near their homes could also play a significant role. In its study, BC Children’s
The Western University study’s the first to connect shortness of breath after COVID-19 with several physiological components. Their technique involved participants inhaling polarized xenon gas while inside an MRI. They found that the transition of