Starting Dec. 11, patients win an X-ray referral from their care provider will be able to book their own appointments online. Horizon says the tool was developed following patient and staff feedback. The service is being piloted in the Saint John
A report shows 58% of Canadians 50 and older experienced loneliness, while 40% are socially isolated. Experts say high rates of loneliness among older adults isn’t a new phenomenon but one that’s become more visible in the past few years. The report
While Ont. researchers found the number of female teenagers and high-school aged teenagers with eating disorders saw the largest increase in sheer numbers over the study period, the most surprising increases were among those once considered unlikely
Un sondage révèle que 94% conviennent que le système de santé du Canada doit être amélioré pour mieux répondre aux besoins des enfants et des jeunes. Ce sentiment est présent dans tout le pays et parmi les parents et les non-parents. Parmi les autres
The centre will give at least 10,000 people access to physicians, NPs and other healthcare professionals. It’ll be located in a 19,000-square foot space in Brookside Mall. The mall is also the location of an urgent care clinic that opened last month
N.S. is offering drive-thru COVID-19 and flu vaccines at Dartmouth General Hospital but N.B. has no plans to provide a similar service. The Nova Scotia health authority says up to four people inside a vehicle can be vaccinated during a single
A study suggests patients treated by female surgeons have lower total healthcare costs than patients treated by male surgeons, across many different types of procedures. Costs for female surgeons were significantly lower at 30 days, 90 days and one
Sask.’s surgical system achieved the highest volumes ever recorded in the first six months of the fiscal year from Apr. 1 to Sept. 30. As of Sept. 30, 47,748 procedures were performed, an increase of 10.4% YoY. The provincial government says
The New Brunswick Nurses Union says the use of travel nurses ballooned and states the use of the costly service needs to stop. It claims from Oct. 2022 to Mar. 31, Horizon spent $5 million. That number increased substantially in the five-month period
Canada’s seeing declining enrolment in family medicine as a specialty among medical students and more graduating family physicians are choosing not to practise generalist office-based care. Post-pandemic, 22% of adults in Canada don’t have a family