Risk of Another Hip Fracture Persists for Years after Initial Injury
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Paediatric palliative care offers value beyond comfort for families
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Caring for a child with a life-threatening condition is an experience that no parent should go through alone. Paediatric palliative care programs (PPCPs) provide a holistic approach to such care and allow for entire families to stay together with their sick child without having to worry about limited visiting hours, or costs for accommodations or meals.
We are delighted that Andrew Pleasant will be presenting his work on Monday, March 16th from noon to 1 pm at the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre in Room 9299.
Although family physicians (FPs) and home health staff (HHS) understand the value of coordinating care to improve the health of their shared patients, they continue to face major obstacles such as difficulty achieving timely communication to clarify medical orders, and limited opportunities to develop common care plans for patients with complex needs.
C2E2's Mohsen Sadatsafavi will present at this year's UBC Annual Heart and Lung Fest on "Health economics appraisal – Making money work for you in heart + lung disease".
Simple audio-conferences potentially bridge wide gaps in patient care
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Although family physicians (FPs) and home health staff (HHS) understand the value of coordinating care to improve the health of their shared patients, they continue to face major obstacles such as difficulty achieving timely communication to clarify medical orders, and limited opportunities to develop common care plans for patients with complex needs.
As Canada's population ages, so too does demand for more quality senior care facilities. Research led by Dr. Margaret McGregor, a Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist with the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, has found that types of ownership and certain organizational features of nursing homes correlate to fewer emergency department (ED) transfers.
It's Time to Break Our Addiction to Technology Adoption: Reframing HTA as the Cornerstone of "Resource Stewardship"
On November 17, 2014, Dr. Stirling Bryan gave a thought-provoking discussion about considerations related to value and the reimbursement of high-cost health technologies.
