Etiket: patients
Hospitals overloaded with more complex patients
Despite the decrease in COVID-19 cases and the establishment of a crisis unit, the province’s emergency rooms were very busy in 2023-2024. The average length of stay was 17:26 for…
Front line access counter | Half of registered patients did not have an appointment
(Quebec) A red light lit up on the Quebec dashboard concerning its Front Line Access Center (GAP) created in 2022. Half of the patients registered with a group of family…
Front line access counter (GAP) | Half of registered patients did not have an appointment
(Quebec) A red light lit up on the Quebec dashboard concerning its Front Line Access Center (GAP) created in 2022. Half of the patients registered with a group of family…
Medical assistance in dying | Group calls for inclusion of dementia patients
(Ottawa) A group is urging the federal government to allow people with conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia to request medical assistance in dying before their cognitive decline. Posted at…
the remainder payable by patients will increase to two euros from May 15
The government hopes to recover 800 million euros to save money. Published on 04/16/2024 5:47 p.m. Reading time: 1 min From May 15, flat-rate contributions will be doubled for consultations…
Nicolas Philibert closes his moving trilogy on psychiatry with an informal tour of patients
After On the AdamantThen Averroes and Rosa ParksNicolas Philibert opens with this third part of his trilogy on psychiatry the intimate space of patients, in “their home”. The Typewriter and…
Quebec authorizes NPs to take care of patients without a family doctor
Nurse practitioners specializing in primary care (IPSPL) will be able to care for people registered at the family doctor access window (GAMF) from April 15, the Minister of Health, Christian…
Doctolib will refuse to take patients’ bank fingerprints
Published on 04/11/2024 3:49 p.m. Video length: 1 min “Rabbit tax”: Doctolib will refuse to take patients’ bank fingerprints The “rabbit tax”, which provides for paying five euros when a…
Specialist nurse practitioners will be able to care for patients
(Quebec) Certain nurse practitioners specializing in primary care will be able to begin next week to take care of people who register at the access window to a family doctor.…
Quebec authorizes IPS to take care of patients
Nurse practitioners specializing in primary care (IPSPL) will be able to care for people registered at the family doctor access window (GAMF) starting April 15, Quebec Minister of Health Christian…
A first in Quebec: supernurses will take care of patients without the supervision of a doctor
For the first time in Quebec, supernurses will be able to take care of patients without being supervised by a doctor. Ultimately, the Legault government hopes to add 1,000 new…
Doctolib unfavorable to forcing patients to register their bank details when making their appointment online
Questioned by France Inter, the CEO of the platform believes that it is up to health insurance to manage this tax and it is up to doctors to decide which…
the Minister of Health does not want to “sort through patients”, but “find ways to contain spiraling expenses”
The Minister Delegate in charge of Health and Prevention was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Monday April 8. Published on 04/08/2024 10:34 Reading time: 1 min Frédéric Valletoux was the…
Doctors see up to 60 patients per half day in Taiwan
Taiwan’s health care system is humming along and obsessed with cutting costs, creating frustration among doctors who sometimes have to work 80 hours a week. Their offices are often open…
Psychiatric patients: mistreatment in emergency rooms
Published on 04/05/2024 1:13 p.m. Update on 04/05/2024 1:52 p.m. Video length: 6 min psychic eye again Psychiatry in crisis (FRANCE 2) Patients tied to their beds for several days,…
The College of Family Physicians wants to fight against unnecessary care given to patients
The Quebec College of Family Physicians (CQMF) is trying to fight against the overuse of tests and treatments as well as the issues of overdiagnosis. He launched the “Montreal Declaration…
at the Institut Curie, cancer patients follow adapted rugby training
In Paris, the Curie Institute for the fight against cancer offers rugby training adapted to patients. Published on 04/03/2024 3:48 p.m. Reading time: 2 min Cancer patients play rugby at…
Neuralink brain implant: Elon Musk’s company now accepts Canadian patients
Paralysis, loss of vision, inability to speak: Canadians who suffer from disabilities will now be able to apply to receive an experimental Neuralink brain implant, which allowed a quadriplegic to…
“It’s a first step,” greets the president of a patients’ association which warns about this class of antibiotics
Guest, Wednesday on franceinfo, Philippe Coville welcomes the opening of an investigation into unintentional injuries and deception. Published on 03/27/2024 3:21 p.m. Reading time: 2 min Boxes of medicines on…
“It was a slap in the face”: his doctor abandons his patients to provide cosmetic treatments
Three years ago, Marie-Michèle Côté received a letter telling her that her family doctor was abandoning her patients for another professional activity related to aesthetic care. Since then, she has…