Just beyond the foyer of the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre, there’s an unobtrusive room filled with technology and purpose. On the wall, a bank of monitors streams real time data on every patient and the...
Voice of the People - Chronicle Herald (May 12, 2023) The theme for this year’s National Nursing Week is Our Nurses Our Future, and how appropriate as we highlight key roles and leadership that nurses hold in health care and...
By: Kirsten Millar Nova Scotia Health’s team of Registered Nurses working as Surgical Clinical Nurse Reviewers are part of The National Surgical Quality Improvement Registry Program (NSQIP). Their team of 12 is spread across the province at different sites. Nova...
Canada’s healthcare system needs an upgrade. Across the country, hospitals and care centres are marked by long wait times and an overburdened workforce. While healthcare staffing issues continue to be a struggle, the technologies used within the healthcare setting are...
By: Kirsten Millar Long-term care facilities were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. And here in Nova Scotia, with our aging population, we really felt the impact of the virus. But, if COVID-19 taught us anything, it was that our...
Through a policy-driven approach, we help Nova Scotia Health team members turn their ideas into protected intellectual property (IP) and bring their secure innovations to market. Our business development team has the skills, experience, and resources to initiate the path to IP protection and commercialization. Do you have an idea...
Nova Scotia Health ’s Research Methods Unit (RMU) strives to increase the quantity and quality of health research in Nova Scotia. We do this by offering research expertise in areas that are commonly needed and used by investigators—including research design and methods, data management, and health economics. The RMU Team...
By Allison Currie “You’ve had a stroke.” According to March of Dimes Canada, one Canadian (or their loved ones) hears those words roughly every five minutes. While strokes often affect people over the age of fifty-five, twenty-five per cent occur...
By: Kirsten Millar Rebecca Affoo is an Affiliate Scientist with Nova Scotia Health and an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. Dr. Affoo’s research focuses on improving the...
From the new offices of the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub, perched on the 13th floor of the Nova Scotia Centre, it’s easy to see Citadel Hill, the Dartmouth waterfront, and all the way out the Halifax Harbour to the...