Mobile West Shore team pairs police, mental-health workers

The province is expanding its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine BC communities, including the West Shore A program where specialized police officers are paired with health-care workers to respond to calls where people are experiencing a mental-health crisis is coming to the West Shore. The province announced Monday that it is spending $3 million to expand its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine more BC communities. The teams are already in place in 10 communities, including Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The West Shore RCMP team…

New $51M hospital doubles patient capacity in rural Wis. county

By Rachel MergenLa Crosse Tribune WHITEHALL, Wis. — Rural health care is about to get an upgrade for about 20,000 residents in central Trempealeau County. The new 68,000-square-foot, 31-bed Gundersen Tri-County Hospital, full of up-to-date technology and modern medical services, will open its doors to the public July 24. The $51 million project, which will double the hospital’s patient capacity, also includes remodeling the existing 17,000-square-foot clinic. The project was made possible with donations, federal funds and a large bond, said Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics administrator Joni Olson. She said that the project is “a huge spend and a…

Premiers to discuss infrastructure, public safety, affordability and health care recruitment at upcoming meetings

Open this photo in gallery: Provinces and territories are no longer squarely focused on demanding more funding from the federal government for health care, said Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson. Canada’s premiers will meet in Winnipeg this week.JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press Editor’s note: A previous story said all provinces have accepted the federal government’s health care funding, but Quebec has not. Canada’s premiers will meet in Winnipeg this week with a focus on issues such as infrastructure, public safety and affordability, but without the aggressive push for more health care funding that dominated last year’s talks. Instead, the 13 premiers attending…

Manitoba successfully recruits more than 300 health-care workers from the Philippines – PembinaValleyOnline.com

More than 300 internationally educated health-care professionals have accepted job offers to work in Manitoba. Our provincial Health Minister provided an update Tuesday afternoon on the results from a recent recruitment mission to the Philippines. Audrey Gordon said last November, her government implemented the Health Human Resource Action Plan to retain, train and recruit 2,000 health-care staff across our province. As part of the recruitment plan, our provincial government and Shared Health sent a delegation to the Philippines earlier this year. The goal of this delegation was to attract registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and health care aids. “The response…

Patient care delayed at Vancouver clinic embroiled in legal battle

Patients continue to flock to the City Center urgent and primary care facility in downtown Vancouver, even though it’s hobbled by complex legal sparring is likely to drag on in the absence of decisive government intervention. The chief medical officer for Seymour Health says at least 50 patients a day are sent to hospitals or other diagnostic facilities for X-rays, ultrasounds and lab work – services they used to be able to get on site – amid a legal battle with the Vancouver Coastal Health. “What we’re hoping for is a resolution that will allow us to apply our full…

Comparing health care costs at Utah hospitals, the patient rights group finds transparency problems

We just got out of our open enrollment period at The Tribune, and I wasn’t especially happy with what I saw this year. To The Tribune’s credit, our health insurance plan premiums didn’t rise. But everything else was bad news. You see, the deductible rose significantly — by 66% year-over-year. And just as bad, the amount of each procedure our insurance would pay for dropped by 10 percentage points, nearly across the board. Not great, Bob. I tell you this is not to try to garner sympathy, but out of empathy for you all. It turned out most Americans, like…

National medical organizations call on premiers to focus on health care reform

Open this photo in gallery: The Council of the Federation is set to meet July 10-12 in Winnipeg. When they do, the continuing crisis facing health care systems across the country must be at the top of the agenda, said Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Physician and nurse advocacy groups from across the country are issuing an urgent call for premiers to make health reform a top priority when they meet next month, as patients struggle to get timely access to care and many hospitals are overwhelmed because of staffing shortages. A letter published…

Protein Sparing Bread Bruschetta – Maria Mind Body Health

It warms my heart to see all of you enjoying my protein sparing bread! I have been eating it for over 15 years and to see it gets the attention now is really special to me! I have made my protein sparing bread into so many different recipes over the past decade and making it into Protein Sparing Bread Bruschetta is really delicious and easy! HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING BREAD BRUSCHETTA To make my Protein Sparing Bread Bruschetta, I used Further Food Gelatin! Further Food gelatin and collagen peptides are both excellent sources of collagen. Both their Collagen &…