Premier Danielle Smith says she’s concerned Alberta’s health-care delivery agency is being pulled in too many directions.
Smith says she has asked Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to revamp the structure of Alberta Health Services, better known as AHS, to make it more responsive to regional needs.
“Let’s get Alberta Health Services focused on doing what we all expect them to do, which is delivering the very best hospital care and then see if there’s other management structures that will work for some of those other areas,” Smith said Thursday.
“Alberta Health Services should be absolutely expert in providing acute care.…
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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…
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month sheds light on unique health care challenges – WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, aiming to shed light on the unique health care challenges faced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States.
News 8 spokes with a local expert to lay out the healthcare challenges that minorities are facing in Indiana. Experts emphasize the importance of addressing specific needs and how to overcome barriers to mental health treatment in certain communities.
The percentage of people with mental illness who receive treatment remains low. A report from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health shows only…
Protein Sparing Chai Ice Pops
It’s funny how there are many recipes that my family enjoys weekly but I have never written recipes for them. These protein sparing chai ice pops are one of them. My son Kai begs for these ice pops all the time!
They are so easy to make, we always have them in the freezer. I love that I have an easy protein-packed treat for my kids (and myself!) when hunger strikes!
HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING CHAI ICE POPS
To make Kai’s protein sparing chai ice pops, I used Equip vanilla Prime Protein powder!
It works great for making recipes…
Halle Berry Bomb Pops – Maria Mind Body Health
It’s my dear friend Halle Berry’s birthday on August 14th but with the 4th of July coming soon, I thought I must share my special recipe for Halle Berry Bomb Pops this month!
As many of you know, I had the great pleasure of making friends with the beautiful Halle Berry and she wrote the forward for my Sugar Free Kids cookbook!
I wanted to write a very special keto recipe for Halle Berry’s birthday so my boys and I created Halle Berry Bomb Pops which is a recipe found in my Sugar Free Kids cookbook!
Halle Berry is the…
Officials tout New York’s abortion access, but financial hurdles persist
Good morning and welcome to the Weekly New York Health Care newsletter, where we keep you posted on what’s coming up this week in health care news, and offer a look back at the important news from last week.
City and state officials marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade by touting their efforts to strengthen abortion access in New York.
A city-funded the abortion access hotline has served nearly 2,000 people since it was launched in November 2022 to connect callers to abortion providers and support, according to new city data released Friday.…
One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws
abortion-rights activists gather in front of the US Supreme CourtChip Somodevilla/Getty Images
In the year since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world.
While there is no law in the US that regulates what a man can do with his body, the reproductive health of women is now more regulated than it has been in 50 years. And the scope of reproductive health care that women can receive is highly dependent on where they live.
This creates a system of inequalities and…
Multi-million-dollar donation aims to transform mental health care in London, Ont. -London
The largest known donation of its kind in southwestern Ontario was announced Thursday with a goal to reshape mental health care access.
St. Joseph’s Health Care London announced Thursday that Ryan Finch had donated $5 million to fund research into new solutions to make it easier for patients to access mental health care.
“Every moment when someone is hurting is a moment to be supportive,” said Finch, president of Finch Auto Group.
Finch added that while he and his family have always made an effort to give back to the community, he felt the time was right to do something…