END-OF-LIFE CARE IN ONTARIO NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION: HEALTH QUALITY ONTARIO...
End-of-life care is the focus of a new report which aims to give the Ontario government a framework to improve palliative treatment in this province. Issued by Health Quality Ontario, the advisory...
View ArticleNO CONSISTENCY TO ANTI-PSYCHOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS IN ONTARIO LONG TERM CARE...
Questions are being asked about how anti-psychotic medications are prescribed at long term care homes in Ontario, after a new study found wild variations in the number of residents who are taking them....
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REPORT: CAREGIVER STRESS LOAD DOUBLES IN 4 YEARS
Those who care for an elderly or sick family member or friend might empathize with the findings of a just released report on stress. One in three (33%) people, who care for loved ones at home, reported...
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HEALTH REPORT: POOR MORE LIKELY TO LEAD SHORTER LIFE
The poorer you are, the more likely you’re to suffer from multiple chronic conditions and die sooner. That’s the finding of Health Quality Ontario, the agency that advises the provincial government on...
View ArticleER WAIT TIMES DECREASE FOR MOST ONTARIO PATIENTS: HEALTH QUALITY ONTARIO
A report by Ontario’s health quality adviser says most patients at Ontario hospital emergency wards are not having to wait as long these days to see a doctor. Health Quality Ontario researchers say...
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OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS SOAR IN ONTARIO, DESPITE NATIONAL ‘EPIDEMIC OF OVERUSE’
Patients in this province continue to be given potent narcotics for pain despite efforts to curb what’s been called a national epidemic of overuse. Figures released by Health Quality Ontario reveal...
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