Imagine having the results of your bloodwork, X-rays, prescriptions, and medical history available on one computerized health record that travels with you to appointments — whether in person or online — to see a family doctor or a specialist, and which will remain accessible if your doctor retires and you’re lucky enough to find another...
Health care system check up: Is access to health care better or has it gotten worse?
This Wednesday marks one year since Tim Houston was elected premier of Nova Scotia on a promise to “fix” health care. Nova Scotians handed the Progressive Conservatives a majority government to try and do just that. The government has undertaken many initiatives, creating separate offices to focus on the recruitment of more health care professionals […]
Halifax researcher creates world’s first ultra-high resolution ultrasound endoscope for surgeries
A Nova Scotia researcher’s ultrasound device and accompanying tool with the potential to revolutionize brain and cancer surgeries and treatments have their roots in a beloved mentor’s brain cancer death. Dr. Jeremy Brown, a Dalhousie University professor and Nova Scotia Health (NSH) affiliate scientist, created what’s being described in an NSH media release as “the […]
Dealing with difficult patients in health care
Morning File, Thursday, July 14, 2022
News 1. Lisa Banfield’s 19 years of abuse Tim Bousquet’s latest article from the documents from the Mass Casualty Commission details the abuse Lisa Banfield endured from GW for 19 years: Dozens of people knew about the abuse. Her family knew about the abuse. The Wortman family knew about the abuse. Her friends knew about […]
Calling the quarantine hotline
Morning File, Tuesday, June 21, 2022
News 1. Police board to launch limited independent review of August 18 actions “Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners is moving ahead with an independent civilian review of the police actions of August 18, 2021,” Zane Woodford reports. The board had considered launching such a review last fall, but was waiting on a legal opinion to […]
Bystanders can play a key role in improving survival rates from cardiac arrest, committee hears
Of the 1,000 Nova Scotians who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, only about 6% (60) of them will survive. On Tuesday members of the provincial Standing Committee on Health heard from experts about ways cardiac arrest outcomes in Nova Scotia could be improved. It turns out bystanders can play a key role. “The […]
Mental health day hospital opening in Halifax will “bridge a gap for patients who need intensive treatment”
Patients in the Halifax area in need of intensive mental health supports will soon have access to a mental health day hospital described as the first of its kind in Nova Scotia. Brian Comer, minister responsible for the Office of Addictions and Mental Health, made the announcement during a media conference on Wednesday afternoon. The […]
NSHA working on fix for swamped blood collection appointment line
Patient frustrated by booking system: 'There's no way to leave a message, no online service. Just call over and over until you win the privilege of being on hold for 30-60 mins'
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Nova Scotia Health Authority says it’s aware of — and working on a solution for — the overwhelmed blood collection appointment line in the Halifax area. Frustrated patients in the NSHA’s Central Zone (which includes Halifax) are reporting the need to make repeated […]
You’re adults now, and this is an actual crisis
Morning File, Wednesday, May 15, 2019
News 1. Keji braces for impact of invasive chain pickerel Chain pickerel first spotted last year in the water systems of Kejimkujik National Park are now spread throughout the park, reports Paul Withers for the CBC. “It’s kind of like a bad dream and it just keeps getting worse,” said Chris McCarthy, a Parks Canada […]