The provincial government has begun working on the development of a lung cancer screening program aimed at high-risk patients. The program is expected to be rolled out provincewide in 2025.
The provincial government has begun working on the development of a lung cancer screening program aimed at high-risk patients. The program is expected to be rolled out provincewide in 2025.
The Centre for Hope and Harmony, a new addiction treatment facility managed by the Vitalité Health Network in Campbellton, is now open and treating patients.
The provincial government is providing financial support to help the University of New Brunswick (UNB) create a three-year bachelor of nursing program in Saint John.
The provincial government is helping the University of New Brunswick (UNB) launch a new program that will allow some nursing students to complete their studies closer to their home communities.
Ambulance New Brunswick has reintroduced the use of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and will soon use multi-patient vehicles for non-urgent transfers.
The provincial government is making insulin pump devices and related supplies more available and affordable for New Brunswickers living with Type 1 diabetes.
Pharmacists at six locations across the province will soon have expanded authority to assess and prescribe for some chronic conditions as well as for Group A strep (strep throat) as part of a 12-month pilot project announced today.
The provincial government will expand its rabies prevention program next month.
The provincial government has launched the New Brunswick Addiction and Mental Health Helpline, a free, confidential, bilingual, 24-hour service for those looking to speak to someone about concerns related to mental health and addictions.
New Brunswick researchers and innovators are wrapping up their mission to the BIO International Convention in Boston, which runs from June 5 to 8, with some new deals and valuable connections.
The Department of Health’s mobile X-ray service is being extended to long-term care residents across New Brunswick thanks to a $1.1 million investment by the provincial government.
The registration process for internationally educated nurses from 14 designated countries will be expedited in New Brunswick, as announced by the Nurses Association of New Brunswick.
The provincial government will contribute $485,000 through the Regional Development Corporation towards renovations of the Sophia Recovery Centre’s new location at 238 Metcalf St. in Saint John’s north end. It is a non-residential centre providing continuing care for women in recovery from addiction.
Construction work has begun on the first stage of a $155-million multi-year project to modernize and expand the Saint John Regional Hospital.
The provincial government is investing $2.5 million in a new scholarship fund for medical students, to be delivered through the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation, to support and retain medical students from the province.
A second pilot site in a project aimed at reducing cataract surgery wait times is now open in Miramichi. The new clinic will increase the number of surgeries per week from 25 to 75. This will help clear the backlog of patients who have been waiting over a year for this procedure.
The provincial government announced today that a team of oncology nurses is in place tasked specifically to help patients navigate the complex system for cancer care.
The provincial government is investing $41 million in capital funding to support its health-care partners in their delivery of accessible and quality health care.
The registration process for nurses working across Canada will be expedited in New Brunswick as of today, as announced by the Nurses Association of New Brunswick on Monday.
Applications for New Brunswick medicare cards can now be completed online.
A new intensive care unit (ICU) at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton is scheduled to admit its first patients on Feb. 14.
Cohen Hall, a new 60-bed nursing home owned by Shannex, officially opened today in Saint John. The home was named in memory of the late Senator Erminie Cohen.
The provincial government has committed $2 million for the Food Depot Alimentaire in Moncton to assist with purchasing healthy food for distribution to food banks and soup kitchens across the province.
Federal, provincial and university officials today announced $38 million in funding for construction of the Health and Social Innovation Centre at the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Saint John campus.
The Provincial Youth Treatment Centre will be built on Salisbury Road in Moncton, the provincial government announced today.
The Department of Health has eliminated a recent backlog in the processing of applications for medicare cards.
The provincial government is advancing the implementation date of a permanent increase in funding to adult residential facilities by three months, representing an extra investment of $6.8 million in 2022-23.
The government has issued a request for proposals to build four 60-bed nursing homes around the province. Today’s announcement of homes in Bathurst, Bouctouche, Moncton and Oromocto is part of Phase 3 of the government’s five-year nursing home plan.
The operators of all 71 nursing homes in the province have been invited to express their interest in joining the Nursing Homes Without Walls program, which extends some of their services to seniors still living at home.
The provincial government has begun working on the development of a lung cancer screening program aimed at high-risk patients. The program is expected to be rolled out provincewide in 2025.
Virtual reality simulators have been rolled out across four regional Horizon hospitals, allowing for new innovative ways to help with operating room (OR) training and assessment of nurses.
The provincial government is helping the University of New Brunswick (UNB) launch a new program that will allow some nursing students to complete their studies closer to their home communities.
Today, Horizon, in partnership with PolyUnity, hosted an innovation summit as part of the launch of the new Imaging Enhancement Centre (IEC) at Horizon’s Saint John Regional Hospital (SJRH).
Certain patients in the Tantramar area who have recently lost their family physician will have access to a primary care clinic.
The provincial government is making insulin pump devices and related supplies more available and affordable for New Brunswickers living with Type 1 diabetes.
Horizon Health Network, in collaboration with the community of Sussex, NB, is making significant progress in its efforts to recruit and retain frontline healthcare workers serving the residents of Sussex and surrounding areas. This progress reflects Horizon’s key priority of improving the recruitment and retention of healthcare workers within our organization and underscores our commitment to restoring 24/7 operation to the Sussex Health Centre’s (SHC) emergency department.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is making progress as the organization continues in its collaborative work to improve access and the delivery of health care services in the Tantramar area.
In response to the ongoing physician shortage in New Brunswick, Horizon has intensified efforts in the recruitment of physicians.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) has released its Annual Report for the 2022-23 fiscal year, with highlights including a balanced financial position on regular operations and key improvements across several areas of the organization.
A reduction in delays and length of stay for emergency department (ED) patients requiring Computed Tomography (CT) imaging has helped increase access to this procedure while improving patient flow and the overall patient experience at Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital.
The Department of Health’s mobile X-ray service is being extended to long-term care residents across New Brunswick thanks to a $1.1 million investment by the provincial government.
Construction work has begun on the first stage of a $155-million multi-year project to modernize and expand Horizon’s Saint John Regional Hospital.
A new partnership between Horizon and a Miramichi-based ophthalmology clinic is tripling the number of cataract surgeries being completed on a weekly basis in the region.
The provincial government announced today that a team of oncology nurses is in place tasked specifically to help patients navigate the complex system for cancer care.
Outreach programs are being expanded to help shelter clients in Moncton and Saint John, thanks to collaboration from Vitalité and Horizon health networks.
A successful recruitment campaign highlighting the community, improved employee recruitment and engagement, and facility upgrades are just some of the early successes out of a collaboration between Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and the Rural Health Action Group (RHAG), a community-based organization formed to establish sustainable health service delivery for the Sackville, Memramcook and Tantramar area.
Over the last four months,115 additional orthopedic surgeries have been performed by Horizon health care teams, resulting in a 35 per cent reduction in the wait list for patients waiting longer than a year for a hip or knee replacement.
Horizon patients living with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis can now benefit from an internationally-recognized education and exercise program, which has already improved the quality of many participants and even allowed some to reconsider the need for surgery.
A new initiative is dramatically enhancing access to psychiatry services for clients in the Moncton area, with dozens of patients – children/youth and adults – being removed from the waitlist and connected to the care they need in the right place, at the right time.
Horizon’s Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre has expanded its services to include same-day, self-referral appointments with nurse practitioners (NP), increasing access for primary care in the Fredericton area.
Horizon has expanded the Horizon Referral Reward to include Nurse Practitioners. New Brunswick residents, along with Horizon staff and physicians, can now refer an eligible Registered Nurse (RNCA) or Nurse Practitioner (RNCD) to work for Horizon and receive a $1,000 Horizon Referral Reward. There is no limit to how many candidates one individual can refer.
More patients are receiving appointments, wait times have decreased and waitlists have been reduced, thanks to process improvement projects to optimize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services at Horizon.
There is no more challenging and important issue facing Canada today than the delivery of effective, efficient and sustainable healthcare. The University of New Brunswick (UNB) and partners, such as the Horizon Health Network, are working together to address this challenge and to change the future of healthcare.
Horizon Health Network is very pleased to share its first ever Report to our Communities, which highlights the significant work taking place across our organization as we move toward establishing a health care system that best meets the needs of the patients and clients we serve.
Horizon, together with Service New Brunswick, is pleased to introduce a new online patient surgery tracker for patients who have planned elective surgeries at Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital (TMH) and Sackville Memorial Hospital (SMH).e.
The intensive care team at Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH) in Fredericton will soon open the doors of their new space.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is making progress in its efforts to recruit and retain frontline health care workers at Horizon’s Sackville Memorial Hospital (SMH), while also moving forward with key infrastructure upgrades at this facility.
The trustees and Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of the two regional health authorities are reporting positively on the progress made in recent months across New Brunswick’s health care system, in spite of significant challenges arising from the health care crisis and workforce shortages.
The surgical team at Horizon’s Upper River Valley Hospital (URVH) in Waterville is improving access for orthopedic surgery patients who have been waiting for new knees.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) values the voice of our patients and communities in the planning and delivery of our health care services and wants to hear from the public on how we can improve the patient experience.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and Vitalité Health Network (Vitalité) are pleased to announce a collaborative study between the two regional health authorities has clearly indicated a need for robotic surgery programs to be implemented in two of the leading health facilities in New Brunswick.
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) continues to find unique ways to address the province-wide nursing shortage and work toward growing New Brunswick’s population. UNB recently partnered with Horizon Health Network, the Nurses Association of New Brunswick (NANB), the Department of Post-Secondary Education Training and Labour (PETL) and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), located in Udupi, India, to bring more trained registered nurses to the province.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is now offering a program that will help patients become strong before surgery and recover safely and return home as soon as possible after surgery.
Edmundston Regional Hospital’s surgical services have achieved significant results since the implementation of an optimization project in the surgical suite. Both the wait time and cancellation rate for surgeries dropped, which will increase the number of surgeries performed each year.
Vitalité Health Network today released a consolidated report on the Network’s performance and a document on the Network’s strategic planning.
Accompanied by colleagues and members of the Leadership Team, Dr. France Desrosiers, President and CEO of Vitalité Health Network, welcomed the new members of the Network’s Board of a Directors as part of an orientation session held on August 30, 2023, in Moncton.
Vitalité Health Network is celebrating the inauguration of the new Centre for Hope and Harmony in Campbellton.
A temporary Pap test clinic will be open at the Chaleur Regional Hospital in August to improve access to cervical cancer screening.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – Vitalité Health Network released two important publications today, namely its Quarterly Report to the Community and its 2022–2023 Annual Report.
The Network released its 2022-2023 annual report on its university mission today.
A temporary Pap test clinic will be open at the Edmundston Regional Hospital in August to improve access to cervical cancer screening.
Ten graduates from the New Brunswick Francophone Family Medicine Training Program who had completed their postdoctoral degree in family medicine were congratulated during a ceremony held at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, on Friday, June 2nd, 2023.
Vitalité Health Network, in partnership with the Fondation Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, officially inaugurated this renovated space yesterday with an array of guests and dignitaries in attendance.
A new service available at Hôtel Dieu Saint Joseph de Saint Quentin will help improve access to cervical cancer screening for many women in the region.
100th anniversary organizing committee • Moncton, Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Vitalité Health Network, the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation would like to congratulate the researchers who received grants to conduct six research projects ($25,000 each).
Vitalité Health Network has stopped purchasing disposable plastic and styrofoam tableware.
Outreach programs are being expanded to help shelter clients in Moncton and Saint John, thanks to collaboration from Vitalité and Horizon health networks.
A revolutionary tool for detecting lung cancer is being studied at the Vitalité Health Network. Developed by Breathe BioMedical, a medical technology company based in Moncton, this experimental method could detect the early stages (1 and 2) of lung cancer using a breath sample. This new research collaboration will build upon an earlier proof-of-concept study.
Since June 2022, Vitalité Health Network has had more hires than departures and has succeeded in maintaining this momentum.
The personalized service management model developed by Vitalité Health Network is producing promising results.
Yesterday evening, Vitalité Health Network held a ceremony attended by many guests, dignitaries and staff in memory of Dr. Daniel de Yturralde who passed away in 2016. An orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, he was one of the drivers behind the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC surgical suite project.
A new service will be offered by the Addiction Services Centre in Edmundston starting in March.
Vitalité Health Network’s status as an accredited organization was recently renewed, thereby confirming that the care and services it provides to the public meet national quality standards. The Network earned an overall compliance rate of 95.4%. This is a 4.5% increase over the last assessment in 2017.
Vitalité Health Network wishes to inform the residents of the Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick area that renovation work is underway in the Emergency Department of the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin.
The one-at-a-time therapy model, also known as single session therapy, has now been implemented by all Child-Youth Teams in New Brunswick. This new approach is designed to improve accessibility to mental health and addiction services for children, youth and their families.
Vitalité Health Network recently invested $1.72 million in a major renovation project in the Sterilization Department of the Campbellton Regional Hospital.
The trustees and Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of the two regional health authorities are reporting positively on the progress made in recent months across New Brunswick's health care system, in spite of significant challenges arising from the health care crisis and workforce shortages.
A delegation of health system decision-makers visited Lamèque on Monday, December 5 to learn more about the winning practices developed in this region.
A new, comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation service for people aged 65 and over is now being offered at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton.
Vitalité Health Network is pleased to report improvement in the delivery of crisis response services related to addiction and mental health needs through a partnership with J Division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and other police services that was forged in 2021. By successfully encouraging the expanded use of community services, this collaboration is reducing the number of emergency room visits and police arrests.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and Vitalité Health Network (Vitalité) are pleased to announce a collaborative study between the two regional health authorities has clearly indicated a need for robotic surgery programs to be implemented in two of the leading health facilities in New Brunswick.
Under an air of renewal and hope, a group of 250 managers and nursing staff members recently met with the leadership of this sector for strategic meetings to discuss the future and vision of nursing within Vitalité Health Network.
The Network will be installing 300 new televisions in five of its hospitals within the next few weeks.
Vitalité Health Network announced today its new care model, which aims to reinvent the way nursing care is delivered to inpatients. This is the result of a long-term project, and the Network is innovating in this approach that fits into its efforts to mitigate the staff shortage.
Intent on providing a healthy, safe and inclusive environment for all staff members and clients, Vitalité Health Network is pleased to announce the creation of the working group “For an Inclusive Health Network, a Friend of the LGBTQIA2S+ Community”.
Vitalité Health Network is continuing its collaborative work with the Restigouche region. The first meeting of the new Community Advisory Committee (CAC) of the St. Joseph Community Health Centre was held recently in Dalhousie.
A team from the Centre for Research in Integrated Care (CRIC) at the Univeristy of New Brunswick, Université de Moncton, Vitalité Health Network, and Horizon Health Network recently launched Navigating Dementia NB. This is a province-wide, community-based, bilingual pilot program that is focused on helping those living with dementia, their care partners, and their care teams as they navigate a complicated maze of health and social services.