In the midst of an acute shortage of access to care, there’s a growing need to address potential co-morbidities in the urban Indigenous population. The Wije’winen Health Centre will offer medical services that are informed by language, ceremonial and
The idea for Virtual Hallway came from two doctors looking to have specialist input earlier on in the course of a patient's illness. It's essentially a phone consultation platform that allows primary care providers to gain rapid access to a
The study investigated rates of visits to the ED for community-dwelling people with dementia in Ont. during the first two waves of the pandemic. Researchers observed large immediate declines in rates of visits during the pandemic, which remained
Central East region hospitals were running independent systems, meaning they couldn’t easily share patients' health information and sometimes the same tests had to be conducted over again. The Clinical Information System (CIS) was rolled out by seven
Dementia’s anticipated to reach nearly one million Canadians over the next 12 years and dementia prevention is becoming an increasingly urgent national health priority. UBC’s Faculty of Medicine is taking part in the country’s largest dementia
The province is bringing free rapid access counselling services to several small communities with almost $2 million in annual funding to Family Services Saskatchewan. The program’s available for individuals, couples and families needing support for
Statistics Canada reports that N.B. had the second-highest cancer rate in Canada in 2019 at 655 cases per 100,000 people. The most common type of cancer in N.B. in 2019 was lung and bronchus cancer, at 99.1 cases per 100,000 people, followed by
The CRTC will use 988 as the suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline, the same three digits adopted in the U.S. Once active, Canadians will be able to call or text it and be directed to mental health services free of charge. The Centre
The Four Arrows Regional Health Authority mobile addiction team includes an office assistant for data collection, a counselor, a peer worker and a nurse with expertise in harm reduction. The pilot addresses problematic substance use in remote Man
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction dramatically revised the recommendations for low-risk drinking. Evidence suggests there is no safe amount of alcohol because it’s associated with heart disease and stroke and the risk of cancer rises