The AMA says persistent staffing challenges are taking a toll on all facets of the healthcare system, adding those pressures are being felt most acutely in emergency departments. The association says the combined effect is a severe access block
The B.C. government’s desire to avoid the patient’s experience of hallway medicine and crowded hospital waiting rooms may have motivated directing funding towards urgent care centres and hospitals. A Dalhousie associate professor of Family Medicine
Telus Health MyCare virtual walk-in clinics were in high demand during the pandemic. But B.C.’s Medical Services Commission is now investigating whether the private, fee-based services allow patients to jump the queue, which is against the law
A First Nations physician and a public health specialist created the interactive digital resources for students within Queen’s Health Sciences to learn about the biases, discrimination and structural inequities within the healthcare system. It covers
The series is a one-stop shop for education and resources to develop authentic patient engagement skills in healthcare within the context of B.C. The webinars include a Q&A and insights from healthcare and patient partners actively engaging patient
The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) says it’s the first time it’s reached out to the public to gather input on how the system failed them, whether it’s because of lengthy wait times, a lack of family doctors or specialists or other problems. The
The excess death rate from March 14, 2020 to Oct. 30, 2021 was more than 75. The province’s numbers were much larger than N.S. (about -20), P.E.I. (about -90), and N.L. (about 40). Possible explanations for these figures include when pandemic rules
Engage Nova Scotia (ENS) has the largest single data set on well-being and quality of life in North America,. The data, from 2019, is from 13,000 Nova Scotians and looks at their wellbeing, pointing to the issue of loneliness and isolation even
The eVisitNB virtual care clinics app, intended to reduce high patient volumes in ERs and walk-in clinics, is offered to anyone with a New Brunswick Medicare card. It’s offered since Jan. but users of the app are concerned it’s not as effective as
As part of a direct-to-triage policy, the province's paramedics can now leave low-risk patients with staff in ERs and get back on the road more quickly. Instead of waiting, they'll take low-risk patients to ER waiting rooms to be assessed by staff in