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						<title><![CDATA[Health Council of Canada to host discussion on patient engagement]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 23, 2012, the Health Council of Canada will host a Town Hall discussion about how patient engagement can be used as a means of improving the healthcare system. It will also present findings from its commentary Turning what we know into action: A commentary on the National Symposium on Patient Engagement, with the discussion focusing on the need to shift from provider-focused to patient-centred care. Panelists will talk about working with healthcare decision makers and providers to create ways to involve patients in healthcare, measuring patient engagement, and the need to include it as a performance objective.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Manitoba hosts national mental health summit]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Manitoba is hosting a national summit on mental health, welcoming leading mental-health researchers, government representatives and other stakeholders dedicated to mental health and mental illness. The summit includes sessions on social determinants of mental health, opportunities to prevent mental illness, indigenous and cultural approaches to mental health, the economics of mental-health promotion and effective approaches for families, schools, workplaces and communities. The summit will discuss ways to better improve mental health through promotion and prevention.
Related News:
Relationships at home, school, with peers key to teens' mental health: study - Winnipeg Free Press
Taking action on mental health - Benefits Canada]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ottawa investit dans la recherche visant à améliorer l'accès des enfants et des adolescents aux services de santé mentale]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17168</link>
						<description><![CDATA[La ministre f&eacute;d&eacute;rale de la sant&eacute;, Leona Aglukkaq, a annonc&eacute; pr&egrave;s de 300 000 $ en financement envers trois projets visant &agrave; am&eacute;liorer l'acc&egrave;s des enfants et des adolescents canadiens aux services de sant&eacute; mentale. Les trois projets subventionn&eacute;s porteront sur les questions suivantes :

    Le d&eacute;pistage de la d&eacute;pression dans les &eacute;coles et en milieu m&eacute;dical chez les enfants et les adolescents et l'efficacit&eacute; des traitements et du d&eacute;pistage en soi pour contribuer &agrave; de meilleurs r&eacute;sultats cliniques;
    Outil en ligne aidant les fournisseurs de services de sant&eacute; mentale &agrave; acc&eacute;der &agrave; l'information factuelle la plus r&eacute;cente pour prendre des d&eacute;cisions plus &eacute;clair&eacute;es sur les politiques de sant&eacute; mentale, les programmes et la prestation de services aux enfants et adolescents; et,
    Examen de la gamme de services de sant&eacute; mentale offerts par voie &eacute;lectronique (interventions assur&eacute;es au moyen de technologies d'Internet) pour d&eacute;terminer s'ils sont efficaces, s'ils sont bien utilis&eacute;s et s'ils sont enti&egrave;rement accessibles &agrave; tous les jeunes Canadiens, et ce, pour mieux informer les d&eacute;cideurs.
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						<category><![CDATA[Population Health]]></category>
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						<title><![CDATA[Organ donation rates go flat, wait time for kidney transplant reaches 3.7 years: CIHI report]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17158</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Organ donation and transplant rates in Canada have stagnated since 2006, according to a CIHI annual report on end-stage organ failure. The average time spent on dialysis for people waiting for a kidney transplant is 3.7 years, with CIHI saying the wait time has "substantial cost implications." The institute estimated it costs about $60,000 for hemodialysis per patient per year compared with $23,000 for a kidney transplant plus $6,000 a year for medications. The aging population is reflected among new end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients: Over half of those who started kidney treatment such as dialysis were 65 or older in 2010, up from 39% in 1991. Over one third of new ESRD cases was linked to diabetes, while renal vascular disease accounted for 18%. The report also includes chapters on liver, heart and pancreas transplants and the emerging field of small intestine transplants.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Physical activity in youth 'significantly' affected by five factors, study suggests]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17176</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Published in Canadian Family Physician, this study surveyed more than 4,000 children aged 8 to 15 in Saskatoon. It found that only 7% met the Health Canada standard of somewhat intense physical activity for over an hour a day. The research identified five factors as being significant in this group: their fathers were employed; their parents watched them participate in physical activity; their friends encouraged them; they were not teased; and they played sports with coaches or instructors more than 4 times a week. Half of the kids surveyed felt that more gym class could solve the problem.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Progress being made on N.B. catastrophic drug program, committee says]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[The head of a committee tasked with creating the model and infrastructure for New Brunswick's catastrophic drug program says progress is being made, but the component that will help all citizens is still many months from being ready. Former provincial health minister Dr. Dennis Furlong said the province has asked the committee to work on three related projects -- vision and dental care programs for children of the working poor, and a prescription drug program for those without coverage -- before creating a catastrophic drug program. Furlong said the formulary for the prescription drug program has been figured out, adding that the initiative serves as a sort of "Section A" of the universal catastrophic drugs program. "Section B will be one that includes the highly expensive drugs," he said. The committee is planning consultations with representatives from health charities, after which it will seek input from medical professionals. The province has asked a consulting firm to assist the committee with examining how similar programs work in other provinces.
Related News:
Health group sings Valentines blues in online drug lobby - The Guardian Charlottetown]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nova Scotia's Extended Care Paramedic Program wins national award]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17164</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia's Extended Care Paramedic nursing home program, which allows seniors to be treated at home instead of the ED, has won a gold Public Sector Leadership Award in the Health Care category  from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and Deloitte. The program, part of the province's Better Care Sooner plan, has responded to nearly 800 calls for care since being implemented in Feb. 2011, with 72% of patients receiving treatment at home. The Extended Care Paramedic program, delivered by Emergency Health Services in partnership with Capital Health, includes 17 nursing homes in Halifax Regional Municipality.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nova Scotia expands free drug coverage for palliative home care patients]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17167</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia has launched an expanded the Palliative Home Care Drug Coverage Program, making patients receiving palliative care at home eligible for free full drug coverage. The Department of Health and Wellness will fund palliative home care drug coverage in all areas of the province. The program covers drugs recommended for coverage in the Pan-Canadian Gold Standards in Palliative Home Care. The drugs will be dispensed at no cost to the patient at community pharmacies, which will direct-bill the Department of Health for expenses.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ontario joint project steers lung cancer patients into treatment, helps reduce wait times]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17174</link>
						<description><![CDATA[A joint project by the Niagara Health System and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton has helped reduce wait times for diagnosis of patients who may have lung cancer from 95 days to 27, officials say. The Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program includes a &quot;nurse navigator&quot; who works with patients to guide them through the treatment and care processes. The navigator acts as everything from an initial contact with care providers to serving as a supporter and counsellor. The position has helped bring down the wait time for diagnosis and treatment&nbsp; If a patient is diagnosed with lung cancer, the team collaborates with oncologists, surgeons and other specialists to determine the best treatment method as quickly as possible. The head of oncology for the NHS said the LDAP has been &quot;huge&quot; for patients, having helped the navigation of patients with family physicians to the appropriate referrals. He adds that the success of the program could mean a look at initiating similar projects for other kinds of cancers]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Sask. residents with depression, COPD receiving better care as a result of CDM Collaborative: report]]></title>
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						<description><![CDATA[Saskatchewan's Health Quality Council has released a final report on the Chronic Disease Management Collaborative, saying the initiative involving 49 family practices around the province has improved care for residents living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and depression. Two thirds of people were assessed with a patient questionnaire within one week of being diagnosed with depression, and 84% received an assessment at some point during the Collaborative. Meanwhile, there was a 35% increase in the percentage of people who had their COPD diagnoses confirmed with a spirometry test, with80% of health regions in the Collaborative creating at least one new pulmonary rehabilitation program. Two thirds of patients with COPD had created an action plan to help them better self-manage their condition at home, and researchers noted a 24% increase in the percentage of COPD patients being offered counselling to help them quit smoking. The first Collaborative focused on improving care for people with diabetes and coronary artery disease.
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						<title><![CDATA[B.C. government makes available 10-year plan to address mental health and substance abuse]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17157</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The B.C. Ministry of Health's Health and Human Services Library has published Healthy minds, healthy people: a ten-year plan to address mental health and substance use in British Columbia. Monitoring progress: first annual report. The report aims to transform the approach to mental health and substance use in the province through health promotion across the lifespan, and across the range of people's mental health needs. The plan considers the mental health of the entire population and presents a positive outlook that aims to build and support strong mental health for everyone in British Columbia. The plan establishes three overarching goals:

    Improve the mental health and well-being of the population;
    Improve the quality and accessibility of services for people with mental health and substance use problems; and,
    Reduce the economic costs to the public and private sectors resulting from mental health and substance use problems.
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						<title><![CDATA[B.C. Ombudsperson's report lists recommendations to improve seniors care]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17177</link>
						<description><![CDATA[B.C. Ombudsperson Kim Carter has released a report on a three-year investigation into the care of seniors in British Columbia. The report makes 143 findings and 176 recommendations designed to improve home and community care, home support, assisted living and residential care services for seniors. Some recommendations are specific to the Ministry of Health and the five regional health authorities. The Ombudsperson found:

    that the Ministry has not made sure that seniors and their families have access to adequate assistance and support to navigate the home and community care system;
    that the Ministry has not analyzed whether the home support program is meeting its goal of assisting seniors to live in their own homes as long as it is practical;
    that it is ineffective and inadequate for the Ministry to rely on responding to complaints and serious incident reports as its main form of oversight for assisted living; and,
    that the Ministry's decision to maintain two separate legislative frameworks for residential care has resulted in unfair differences in the care and services seniors receive and the fees they pay.

Related News:
Disturbing report on elder care could make Liberals squirm - Globe and Mail
Ombudsperson provides roadmap for improved standards in residential care facilities - HEU]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[B.C. unveils seniors care plan]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17162</link>
						<description><![CDATA[B.C.'s health minister has outlined the province's seniors care action plan. Mike de Jong said the government will focus on six areas of change, which include establishing a seniors advocate to ensure a more accessible and transparent approach to seniors care. The province will also provide the United Way of the Lower Mainland with $15 million to expand home-support services in up to 65 communities. He promised a one-stop seniors services toll-free phone line, along with improved information, including online access to facility reports and easier access to health needs. De Jong said consultations on the development of a provincial elder abuse prevention and identification response plan will lead to a program being in place by December.
Related News:
B.C. Health Minister unveils seniors care plan - The Canadian Press
B.C. seniors wait 205 days for care assessments: ombudsperson - Vancouver Sun
Seniors advocate expected as part of premier's plan - Vancouver Sun
Senior solutions will take a long time - Victoria Times-Colonist]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Fraser Health launches community-based mental health services]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17169</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Fraser Health has launched the Surrey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program, an outreach program that takes mental health support outside the walls of traditional treatment facilities to community settings for hard-to-reach clients. Services include comprehensive assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and support activities. The ACT team includes a team coordinator, psychiatrist and 10-11 mental health staff including social workers, nurses, mental healthcare workers, occupational therapists and peer support workers. The team will be mobile with 75% of their services delivered in settings such as a person&rsquo;s home, shelters, drop-in centres, or parks.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Les rôles des infirmières cliniciennes spécialisées dans la promotion des résultats optimaux pour les patients]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17175</link>
						<description><![CDATA[La Fondation canadienne de la recherche sur les services de sant&eacute; a publi&eacute; un rapport sur le r&ocirc;le des infirmi&egrave;res cliniciennes sp&eacute;cialis&eacute;es (ICS) dans la s&eacute;lection et l'utilisation des connaissances afin d'am&eacute;liorer la pratique et d'&eacute;laborer des politiques fond&eacute;es sur la pratique, visant &agrave; promouvoir des r&eacute;sultats optimaux pour les patients. L'&eacute;tude avait pour objectif de comprendre les m&eacute;thodes adopt&eacute;es par les ICS pour s&eacute;lectionner les connaissances issues de la recherche et les appliquer dans le but &agrave; long terme d&rsquo;&eacute;laborer des strat&eacute;gies au-del&agrave; de la collecte et de la diffusion des donn&eacute;es probantes. Les r&eacute;sultats pr&eacute;liminaires laissent entendre que les ICS utilisent invariablement les donn&eacute;es de recherche pour &eacute;clairer leur pratique. Les ICS semblent bien plac&eacute;es pour aider les services d&rsquo;am&eacute;lioration et d&rsquo;assurance de la qualit&eacute; relativement aux besoins cliniques ou aux besoins des patients, explique l'&eacute;tude.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Updated hypertension guidelines released by Canadian Hypertension Education Program]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17165</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Hypertension Education Program has introduced 2012 hypertension guidelines, updating last year's guidelines to put greater emphasis on the importance of out-of-office blood pressure measurement in both the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Also updated is the target blood pressure of ]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Une évaluation des besoins en matière de santé en cours pour la région de Fredericton]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17171</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Une &eacute;valuation des besoins en mati&egrave;re de sant&eacute; a &eacute;t&eacute; lanc&eacute; pour la r&eacute;gion de Fredericton. &laquo;Un comit&eacute; consultatif a &eacute;t&eacute; mis sur pied afin de coordonner ce projet. [...] La collectivit&eacute; participera &agrave; cette initiative qui vise &agrave; d&eacute;terminer les besoins en mati&egrave;re de sant&eacute; ainsi que les moyens d'assurer la prestation efficace de ces services de sant&eacute; dans la r&eacute;gion,&raquo; affirme la ministre de la sant&eacute;, Madeleine Dub&eacute;. Le minist&egrave;re de la Sant&eacute; aidera &agrave; financer cette initiative et appuiera le R&eacute;seau de sant&eacute; Horizon dans la cueillette des donn&eacute;es et de l'information sur la sant&eacute; de la population explicites &agrave; la r&eacute;gion. L'&eacute;valuation aidera &agrave; cerner les priorit&eacute;s en mati&egrave;re de sant&eacute; et de mieux-&ecirc;tre, ainsi qu'&agrave; pr&eacute;parer des strat&eacute;gies visant &agrave; garantir que la prestation des services de sant&eacute; tient bien compte de ces priorit&eacute;s.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[New Brunswick halts funding to obesity clinic]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17161</link>
						<description><![CDATA[New Brunswick's Department of Health has cut funding to a medical clinic in Bathurst that treats people with obesity problems. The clinic, which opened in May, has about 800 patients who are overweight and tend to have problems such as high blood pressure or diabetes. Health Minister Madeleine Dub&eacute; said she wants to encourage physicians to help patients with preventive medicine, but has not elaborated on why the clinic's funding has been halted. The department had provided the clinic with approval to hire a nurse, a nutritionist, dietician and exercise trainer; the health professionals gave patients advice on how to change their lifestyle to avoid the complications from being overweight. The clinic can only now be paid to prescribe pills or a test, or to refer patients to a specialist. The clinic's doctor said that leaves her no room for preventive medicine.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Drummond report on Ontario's spending stresses home-based healthcare]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17166</link>
						<description><![CDATA[About a quarter of the 360 recommendations included in economist Don Drummond's austerity report on Ontario are aimed at healthcare costs, with Drummond pushing to move services out of hospitals and toward home-based care. Recommendations include: capping healthcare budget increases at 2.5% annually, down from the current 6.5%; freezing doctor's wages; expanding the roles of nurse practitioners and pharmacists; increasing mental-health spending; and moving services online, including appointment scheduling, prescriptions refills and test results. The report also said Ontario can no longer afford to pay for all prescription drugs for everyone aged 65 and older. Drummond is recommending more importance be placed on community-based care and the government stop negotiating with doctors about what services and procedures are covered by OHIP. It should instead give the Health Quality Ontario expanded powers to determine what is and is not publicly covered. He adds that Ontario's 14 LHINs should be given additional powers to oversee healthcare in each region, incorporating primary care into their mandate. Drummond also said Ontario should Nova Scotia's lead and have paramedics provide home care when they are not on emergency calls. The report garnered a slew of responses from healthcare organizations, including: the Ontario Hospital Association, Ontario's Naturopathic Doctors, RNAO, ONA, OMA, and OCHU.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ontario: les Centres d'accès aux soins communautaires vis à améliorer le système de santé]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17170</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Un document (disponible en anglais seulement) publi&eacute; par les Centres d'acc&egrave;s aux soins communautaires (CASC) de l'Ontario met en relief trois recommandations strat&eacute;giques qui permettraient d'acc&eacute;l&eacute;rer l'adoption du Plan d'action de l'Ontario en mati&egrave;re de soins de sant&eacute;. Les recommandations sont les suivantes:

    Int&eacute;grer les soins de sant&eacute; en milieu familial aux R&eacute;seaux locaux d'int&eacute;gration des services de sant&eacute; (RLISS) au moyen d'un mod&egrave;le solide de coordination des soins;
    Mettre l'accent sur les besoins complexes d'une population vieillissante gr&acirc;ce &agrave; une gestion approfondie et intersyst&egrave;mes des cas; et,
    Am&eacute;liorer la qualit&eacute; et la responsabilisation au moyen de mod&egrave;les de financement novateurs ax&eacute;s sur les patients.
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						<title><![CDATA[Alberta to pay pharmacists for prescription renewal]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17156</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The Alberta government announced that its 2012-13 Budget contains a 7.9% increase to $15.9 billion for the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The budget includes funding for prescription renewals by pharmacists, enhanced home care services for seniors and expanded addiction and mental health services. This includes $20 million for prescription renewals by pharmacists and $5 million for expanded support for rural and remote pharmacies. The Edmonton Journal reports that up to 1,000 pharmacy locations will be able to provide the service, starting July 1. Renewal privileges don&rsquo;t extend to narcotics. The fee to pharmacists will be $20 per renewal. The provincial government will offset the costs for the service by reducing the price it pays for generic prescription drugs, which will reportedly free up $85 million for the government in 2012-13. The president of the Alberta Pharmacists&rsquo; Association called the expansion of pharmacy clinical services "good news."]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Report looks at healthcare financing models for Canada's public health systems]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17178</link>
						<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation has published its fifth paper in a series on healthcare financing models. This paper presents five expenditure scenarios for Canada as a whole, each of the 10 provinces and the territories for the period 2010 to 2035. It finds that real per capita public healthcare spending can be expected to grow anywhere from 78% to 115% and reach dollar levels of between $6,552 and $8,798 per capita by 2035. Potential policy solutions to make healthcare more sustainable are presented.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Study looks at impact of remuneration and organizational factors on preventive services in primary care practices]]></title>
						<link>http://shiftportal.com/nbhealth/redirection/index.cfm?id=17180</link>
						<description><![CDATA[This study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal compares the delivery of preventive services by practices using four different primary care funding models: fee-for-service, community health centres, family health networks, and health services organizations. Conducted in Ontario, the study found no model clearly associated with superior preventive care. Researchers found that, compared with prevention scores in practices in the new capitation model, scores were significantly lower in fee-for-service practices and practices in the established capitation model, but not for those with salaried remuneration. Compared with reference practices, those with at least one female family physician, a panel size of fewer than 1,600 patients per full-time equivalent family physician and an electronic reminder system had superior prevention scores.]]></description>
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