In what is being touted as the central component to enhance healthcare services and bolster the overall well-being of the those living in Western Newfoundland, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has successfully completed the construction of the new Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital. The Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital—which will replace [...]
In 2019, Statistics Canada estimated 57 per cent of Canadians aged 20 years or older (16.8 million people in 2019) have some form of vision problem requiring optical correction. Regular accessible eye care is a vital component of Canadian’s healthcare. Prior to FYidoctors, Canadians had to choose between the personalized care of [...]
Citizens and visitors of Quebec love to enjoy the vast natural beauty it beholds. With over a million and a half square kilometers, people work, fish, hunt, camp, canoe in the most remote corners of the province. These unspoiled corners offer a glimpse into the most undisturbed part of Mother Nature, but [...]
Executive Interview Series with Jarvis Penner, General Manager, Antec Controls In today’s day and age, quality air control has never been more top-of-mind. Antec Controls, based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, knows this more than anyone. In just ten years, Antec Controls has come to work with some of the largest healthcare organizations [...]
Lumeca Health is Making Healthcare Accessible to All By Tina Costanza Lumeca Health first took root inside Shawn Hazen’s company and it’s now expanding outside Saskatchewan and formed a partnership with Cowessess First Nation to provide people with greater access to healthcare. Based in Regina, Lumeca Health offers an app that serves [...]
By Anna Guy The cannabis market is Canada, still in its early stages as a legal entity, is already showing great growth. When the federal government passed the Cannabis Act in October 2018, Canadians were finally able to legally access recreational and medicinal cannabis. The “second wave” of legalization, which happened a [...]
The Able Label As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. It 1998, while Dr. George Ambartsoumian was a post-doctoral fellow at the Shriner’s Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, the labels on his samples kept failing because he was storing them in liquid nitrogen and working with harsh chemicals. Dr. Ambartsoumian’s [...]
Saskatchewan’s First Maternal and Children’s Hospital Now Complete Women and Children in Saskatchewan now have greater access to world-class pediatric and maternal health care. The province’s first maternal and children’s hospital opened after great anticipation in the fall of 2019. Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation and its many partners began a quest [...]
A New Beginning The De Novo Treatment Centre, De Novo meaning “a new beginning”, is an alcohol and drug addiction treatment centre operated as a partnership between management and labour in Ontario’s construction industry. Since 2002, over 4,000 men and nearly 200 women have received treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at [...]
Improving the delivery of care across canada By Anna Guy Technological advancements are making improvements in health care across the board, and a new app called Insig is propelling medical charting automation and virtual care into a new era, one that will save doctors and patients valuable time in accessing care. In 2015, Matthew [...]