Post-Covid care has become a luxury. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Understanding Privacy’s Role in Enabling Interoperability
By Abigail Carter-Langford There are many challenges to enabling interoperability in health care within and across jurisdictions — there is a plethora of IT systems speaking different languages in a multitude of care settings across several ... [Continue Reading]
How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits
Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
In-depth analysis of health budgets finds common ground
While governments continue to debate how to fund health care in Canada, an in-depth analysis of federal, provincial and territorial budgets illustrates that there are areas of common interest that could serve as a starting point to rebuilding health ... [Continue Reading]
What Is Legionnaires’ Disease and How Can I Protect Myself?
Nearly one out of every 10 people who gets sick with Legionnaires’ dies because of complications from the illness. Here’s what to know about prevention, detection and treatment. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Safer opioid supply program shows improved outcomes for people at high risk of overdose
For people at high risk of overdose enrolled in a safer opioid supply (SOS) program, there was a rapid decrease in emergency department visits and hospitalizations soon after initiation, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ... [Continue Reading]
Milk and colorectal cancer: What does the research say?
****Sponsored Content**** By Cara Rosenbloom Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Canada and is more common among men than women.1 Over 24,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2022, representing 10 percent of all ... [Continue Reading]
Pet Therapy Program for hospital healthcare workers
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation in partnership with PetSmart Charities of Canada have launched a Pet Therapy Program specifically designed to assist BC Children’s Hospital staff cope with stress, anxiety, and work-related health issues. As the ... [Continue Reading]
Kevin M. Cahill, 86, Dies; Tropical Disease Expert With a Political Bent
He treated celebrities, advised a governor and saved an Irish historical society. But he died under a cloud of sexual assault allegations. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period.
The directive discourages the use of the contentious grammatical device, and also encourages employees to be “positive” and to avoid “jargon.” SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
‘We can imagine a different future’: Introducing CMA President Dr. Alika Lafontaine
With Canada’s health care system on the brink of collapse, Dr. Alika Lafontaine is taking the helm of the CMA at one of the most challenging times in recent history. Burnout and exhaustion are at record highs among health care workers and lengthy ... [Continue Reading]
What a High-Risk Pregnancy Looks Like After Dobbs
The photographer Stephanie Sinclair captured the newly unsettled world inside the Cleveland Clinic, where Ohio’s abortion laws have drastically changed maternal care. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Emergency care and hospitalizations higher among cannabis users, study finds
Visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations are 22 per cent higher among individuals who use cannabis compared with those who do not, according to a new study. The study, published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research and led by researchers ... [Continue Reading]
Emergency Rooms Across Canada Close Amid Nursing Shortage
A nationwide shortage of nurses has caused dozens of emergency rooms across Canada to close temporarily and forced some patients to wait days for a bed. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
New research finds better patient outcomes and reduced costs for patients on ventilators
By Roxane Bélanger The COVID-19 pandemic shed greater light on the importance of Canadian hospitals ensuring they have adequate resources and staffing in place to provide ventilation to critically ill patients who need assistance breathing. Intensive ... [Continue Reading]
‘The Future of Hospitals’: Flexible Space for the Next Pandemic
After struggling to respond to a crushing Covid caseload, many hospitals are remodeling so that when the next crisis comes, they’ll be better able to meet it. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Medical Impact of Roe Reversal Goes Beyond Abortion Clinics, Doctors Say
State abortion bans carry narrow but sometimes vague exceptions, and years of prison time. That’s forcing doctors to think like lawyers, and hospitals to create new protocols. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Scientists want a new definition for critical care medicine. Here’s how COVID-19 shaped their cause
By Ana Gajic In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of critical care physicians from around the world are calling for a broader definition of critical care – one that looks beyond syndromes and the consequences of illness and addresses the ... [Continue Reading]
World first procedure removes blood clot in 10 minutes
A patient at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is the world’s first to benefit from a new medical device developed to treat stroke by rapidly removing the offending blood clot in 10 minutes, ultimately reversing the symptoms of stroke and ... [Continue Reading]
Healthcare HR and COVID-19: Our need to focus on cancer
By Dr. Craig Earle Canada’s cancer care professionals continue to do their utmost to provide excellent care through wave after wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite overwhelming pressures. However, the disruptions are taking their toll. Attrition ... [Continue Reading]
A digital roadmap to living well with CLL
CLL Canada’s Information and Resource Centre Helps Patients and Caregivers Turn Information into Informed Decisions *Sponsored Content Helping patients make informed decisions can significantly improve their physical and mental quality of life. This ... [Continue Reading]
Emergency care without the emergency department: Treat and release programs
By Sarah Garland Hospital emergency rooms are overcrowded, and ambulance services are stretched thin. Recent news articles have raised the issue that some cities or regions have gone for periods of time without any ambulances available, as paramedics ... [Continue Reading]