Spotlight

June 16, 2026

Implementation of Registered Nurse Prescribers in Nova Scotia

This commentary by Cindy MacQuarrie, Nancy Cashen and Sohani Welcher offers perspectives from the Nova Scotia (NS) RN prescribing steering committee and shares the achievement that took place in NS when a learning health system approach was applied. Available in this sponsored issue of Nursing Leadership

Health Policy Off Script!

 

This weeks' episode The Craziness of Primary Care features our 3 hosts in conversation.

Past episodes include guests Arthur Sweetman, Janet Davidson and Kelly Lamrock. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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News

Jun 22, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Telephone consultations the most commonly accessed form of virtual care

2026-06-22 from here Statistics Canada has published a new report entitled Patient experiences with virtual health care in Canada: Modes of delivery and satisfaction with care, wherein the repor [...]

Jun 22, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Increasing healthcare access across Canada

2026-06-22 from here For the majority of Canadians, especially those living in major cities, relatively easy access to health care seems like a given. But for a significant share of the populati [...]

Jun 22, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say

2026-06-22 from globalnews.ca BUNIA, Congo — Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in co [...]

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Launched in June 2024, the Sunnybrook-to-Home (SB2H) program was designed to support older adults' transitions from hospital to home through the integration of hospital, home care and community services. Between June 2024 and December 2025, 593 unique patients were enrolled, with approximately 33% referred from the emergency department. Patients who enrolled in SB2H experienced faster access to home care (average 1 day vs. a Toronto Central regional average of 5 days) and shorter alternate level [...]