Emergency Medicine

The apparent premature declaration of death occurred days after a continuing care home in Iowa was fined $10,000 over a similar incident.

Northern Ontario representatives of the OMA presented a plan at a session in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Timely care from a well-trained forensic nurse can help stave off a cascade of post-traumatic effects, including depression, anxiety and even suicide.

The Fraser Health authority issued a record 2,370 “Code Whites” across 14 facilities in the 2021-22 fiscal year, more than triple the number of calls from 2014-15.

Lead author and Ottawa Hospital family physician Dr. Daniel Myran said the data, collected between March 2020 and May 2021, also show a 6% increase in hospitalizations.

B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says Dr. Hinshaw joins on a six-month contract while the province’s permanent deputy health officer is on temporary assignment.

The “One Person One Record” system will start rolling out in two years at hospitals and other medical facilities in Nova Scotia.

It was unexpected because Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman had turned down an offer of federal support and, emails show, there was no indication a formal request would be on the horizon.