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Examples of hospital projects being planned or already underway include: Mackenzie Health’s new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital project A new Providence Care Hospital in Kingston The renovation of acute and long-term care beds at the Atikokan General Hospital An expansion and…

The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with Canadian Frailty Network, today announced the 18 organizations that will improve healthcare for older adults by adapting Mount Sinai Hospital’s (Toronto) proven Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Strategy in their healthcare…

The newly expanded children’s autism program will make it easier for families to access services for their children by reducing wait times, providing more flexible services based on children’s needs, and serving more children and youth. It will also help…

Researchers studied the final days of over 2,000 terminal cancer patients in Japan, comparing roughly 1500 patients receiving hospital-based palliative care and 500 receiving home-based palliative care. Published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, researchers suggest…

There is money in the budget for things like tackling men’s health, improving heart health for women and enhancing food safety. But, it’s what’s not in the budget that’s raising a red flag. During the election, the Liberals promised $3…

The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin. But physician groups see a requirement to check databases before prescribing popular…

This week’s federal budget made no mention of the Liberal pledge to put $3 billion into home care. But Jane Philpott said changes to home care are part of larger negotiations around a new health accord she’s conducting with provincial…

In its Patients First: Action Plan Progress Report released today, the province outlined the investments in health care that are giving patients better and faster access to high-quality health care services today while building a sustainable system that will be…

Highlights include: Investing more than $345 million in all publicly-funded hospitals, including a one per cent increase to base funding. Creating more integrated, team-based primary care with an additional $85 million over three years to recruit and retain qualified primary…

Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, a former president of the CMA, authored the March 15 post titled, Medical Professionalism Matters to Me. In it, he suggested doctors review their peers annually and work in salaried positions on one-year contracts that are…