April 8, 2026
SURREY, BC - A recently published study from Fraser Health highlights the value of nurse-led post-discharge telephone interventions in reducing short-term emergency department (ED) visits among high-risk patients.
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April 8, 2026
MONTREAL - Since Santé Québec took over the online medical dashboard from the provincial Health Ministry in mid-February, it has quietly stopped making public the government’s objectives for reducing emergency-room overcrowding.
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April 8, 2026
HALIFAX - The contract for the interim CEO of Nova Scotia Health, Karen Oldfield (pictured), will be extended on an interim basis while a search for her replacement is conducted.
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April 8, 2026
EDMONTON — An Alberta Health Services (AHS) program is helping northern healthcare facilities provide accessible emergency department physician care for low-acuity patients, according to data from the first six months of the pilot project released at the end of March by Alberta Health Services.
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April 8, 2026
MONTREAL - McGill University has launched the Initiative for Transforming Healthcare (ITH) to apply a systems-based approach and advance technology-enabled solutions to drive change in Canadian healthcare.
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April 8, 2026
WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, starting spring 2026. Courses include “Leadership in Health Care,” and “ePrivacy Risk Management.”
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April 8, 2026
TORONTO - FirstHx Corp. has announced the launch of ARIS, a next-generation ambient scribe that solves a fundamental gap at the heart of every AI documentation tool on the market: lack of context.
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April 1, 2026
ST. JOHN’S, NL - Doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador say rapid implementation of a province-wide electronic health information system threatens to harm patients and push some physicians to retire or leave the province. The province’s health authority says its electronic health information system, CorCare, based on the Epic software platform used in many parts of Canada and the U.S., is set to launch on April 25.
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April 1, 2026
VANCOUVER – Residents and patients who access care from Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care and the Provincial Health Services Authority programs now have a new tool at hand to access information from their patient records.
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April 1, 2026
REGINA — The Government of Saskatchewan is investing up to $5 million through eHealth Saskatchewan (eHealth), to launch a fully integrated digital system for anesthesia and surgical care, benefiting both patients and anesthesiologists.
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