We sat down with Pam Stoikopoulos, founder and CEO of Big Eye Innovation, a consulting firm focused on innovation in relation to health and wellness. She gave us an interesting interview for the Caring Support Podcast where we talked about the top 5 healthcare trends we're seeing in healthcare right now including the staffing shortage, in-home health, virtual care, crowdsourcing, and NFT health records.
The Ontario government is investing $34 million over four years to increase enrolment in nursing and personal support worker (PSW) programs at six Indigenous Institutes. Funding will help provide culturally responsive education and training pathways for learners. This investment will help participating Indigenous Institutes to expand existing programs or create new ones to support the training of approximately 340 practical nurses, 60 registered nurses and 400 PSWs over four years.
Western University’s Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing is partnering with Fanshawe College to create an opportunity for registered practical nurses (RPNs) with some university experience to enter a fast track program to receive a bachelor of science in nursing, opening up students’ eligibility to apply for registered nurse (RN) status following graduation. The initiative was created in response to critical shortages in the profession and it will accept graduates from Fanshawe’s practical nu
The first Canadian COVID-19 vaccine, by Quebec-based company Medicago, has been approved for use by Health Canada. The home-grown vaccine, called Covifenz, marks the world’s first ever plant-based jab authorized for human use and is also the first Canadian shot to be approved in over 20 years.
Ontario long-term care homes where the majority of residents have 3 or 4 COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave despite infection levels similar to those seen in early 2020, according to new figures from the province. New data shows 6,572 residents caught the virus between Dec. 15, 2021 and Jan. 29, 2022 (more than the 6,001 confirmed during the first wave) but only 251 COVID-19-related deaths were reported, compared with the 1,940 deaths of the first wave.
The Canadian Nurses Association, the national organization dedicated to championing nurses across Canada, today unveiled a massive, 28-storey reminder to people in Canada of the immense role nurses have played and continue to play amidst the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a health-care crisis. The mural, entitled “We Are Nurses — We Answer The Call,” is located at Toronto’s Dixon Hall shelter in the Yonge-Dundas area.
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