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The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit group that works with health-care providers to improve the system, has released results from a program it launched in 2014. CFHI’s senior director, Kaye Phillips, says about 62 per cent of seniors…

Residents are a big part of the medical system and their post grad training includes taking care of hospitalized patients. Typically, they do one month rotations on a hospital ward before transferring care to another resident and moving on. A…

Ottawa’s Lesley Fleming was diagnosed with Lyme disease in July 2013 by a doctor in Plattsburg, N.Y., after years of going to Canadian doctors to try and find out why she was experiencing severe eye inflammation, headaches and fatigue. She…

University of Toronto researchers have found that caregivers are at a high risk of developing clinical depression up to a year after their critically ill patients leave the intensive care unit (ICU). The study, published in the New England Journal…

Trudeau said the new financial commitment represents a 20 per cent increase from Canada’s previous contribution level. He also announced that Canada will host the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund in Montreal on Sept.16, 2016. The prime minister made the…

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the expanded support for 2016-17 at Hôpital Montfort in Ottawa today with Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. The government will provide the increased funding to four Ottawa hospitals: Over $5 million for…

Ontario will soon be accepting applications for its Health Technologies Fund, which will support the development of world class, market-ready, made-in-Ontario health technologies by accelerating prototyping, evaluation and adoption in the Ontario health care sector. The $20 million fund will…

“People don’t just die from bacteria and heart plaque, they die from communication breakdowns, fragmented healthcare, diagnostic mistakes, and over-dosing,” said Martin Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and lead author of the study.…

Doctors have long known that patients who have pre-existing medical conditions that affect the brain, such as early signs of dementia, are at an elevated risk of developing delirium while in hospital. But a growing body of research has also…

Thousands of apps claim to offer help to people struggling with mental-health illnesses but experts warn the so-called e-therapy can pose risks, especially when professionals are not involved. Many apps have interactive features, such as discussion boards or group chat…