Construction is scheduled to begin early next year on a new community health centre in Three Rivers (Petitcodiac district), which will replace the existing one.
Construction is scheduled to begin early next year on a new community health centre in Three Rivers (Petitcodiac district), which will replace the existing one.
The government has partnered with the Horizon Health Network, Saint John-based Canadian Health Solutions and the Chalmers Foundation to offer a pilot project to help treat major depressive disorder.
An official opening was held for the newly renovated J.T Clark Family Foundation Ambulatory Clinic at the Saint John Regional Hospital.
A new program at the Moncton Hospital will provide advanced, innovative treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
The government has made changes intended to reduce the administrative burden on doctors whose patients receive benefits from the Department of Social Development.
New Brunswick researchers and innovators are celebrating what is being deemed a successful mission to the annual BIO International Convention in San Diego, having finalized three new collaborations.
Eligible people aged 40-49 will be able to self-refer for breast cancer screening beginning on Monday, June 3.
The Sophia Recovery Centre has officially opened its new location at 238 Metcalf St. in Saint John’s north end.
MyHealthNB has added a new tool to the health system data of its website and mobile app to provide more health information to New Brunswickers.
Health Minister Bruce Fitch welcomed several internationally educated nurses during a visit to Villa Providence in Shediac.
The provincial and federal governments have signed two bilateral agreements aimed at improving access to health and long-term care services.
EM/ANB has signed a contract with Voyageur Aviation that will result in an air ambulance being stationed on the island of Grand Manan by September.
Health Minister Bruce Fitch welcomed several internationally educated nurses during a visit to Loch Lomond Villa in Saint John.
Food banks and community kitchens serving New Brunswickers in need are getting additional financial assistance from the provincial government.
The Department of Health is making it easier for New Brunswickers to access their health records online by launching the MyHealthNB mobile phone app.
Health Minister Bruce Fitch issued the following statement today regarding laboratory services:
Integrated youth wellness hubs being established around the province aim to give young New Brunswickers and their families easier access to mental health and addictions support.
The latest collaboration between the provincial government and the Nurses Association of New Brunswick will exempt newly graduated nursing students from first-time registration fees.
Clinical assistants will be hired to provide patients with care in both of the province’s regional health authorities.
Investments in health care, aimed at improving timely access and providing high-quality care, are being made a priority as part of the Department of Health’s 2024-25 capital budget.
A pilot project that has been helping improve access to primary care for years at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton was given permanent status today to mark Physician Assistants Day.
A new partnership between Horizon Health Network and a Fredericton-based ophthalmology clinic aims to increase access to surgical services.
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.
The provincial government has enhanced the New Brunswick Insulin Pump Program to offer continuous glucose monitoring coverage to eligible diabetes patients.
Fourteen nursing homes around the province have joined the government’s Nursing Homes Without Walls program, which extends some of their services to seniors still living at home.
The provincial government is adding to the list of common ailments that pharmacists are publicly funded to treat, as part of an effort to give New Brunswickers better access to care.
The provincial government is expanding its cancer screening program, allowing women aged 40-49 to self-refer for a mammogram.
Scholarships worth more than $1 million have been awarded to 128 medical students from the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation.
With the goal of improving access to care, reducing wait times and better serving our patients, Horizon Health Network (Horizon) intends to implement a multidisciplinary, blended model of care in the Sussex Health Centre (SHC) Emergency Department (ED) that will enhance the overall clinical team while integrating an innovative virtual care model.
Construction is scheduled to begin early next year on a new community health centre in Three Rivers (Petitcodiac district), which will replace the existing one.
The government has partnered with the Horizon Health Network, Saint John-based Canadian Health Solutions and the Chalmers Foundation to offer a pilot project to help treat major depressive disorder.
The Saint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) Foundation and Horizon Health Network (Horizon) are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the newly renovated J.T. Clark Family Foundation Ambulatory Clinic.
Horizon Health Network is launching a new, innovative project that will explore the use of PolyUnity Tech Inc.’s Additive-Manufacturing-as-a Service (AMaaS) solution to enhance patient care.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) has released its 2023-24 Annual Report, highlighting the innovative solutions the organization is implementing to address New Brunswick’s complex health care challenges.
Moncton’s Salvus Clinic has secured a permanent new home and is once again offering in-person appointments and services to patients and clients while continuing to provide ongoing service through its mobile health unit.
A new program at The Moncton Hospital will provide advanced, innovative treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
Six months after opening its doors to patients in the capital region, Horizon’s Fredericton Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) has already made a significant impact in improving access to health care services.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon), through an innovative partnership with Roche Canada, the New Brunswick Extra-Mural Program, the Government of New Brunswick and ResearchNB, and with the support of the Vitalité Health Network, is poised to deliver to patients in the province a cancer treatment formulation with the potential to be more accessible and less invasive.
A new, dedicated breastfeeding space is now available to patients and visitors at Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.
Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital (TMH) is the sole facility in Atlantic Canada and the sixth in Canada to acquire advanced technology for treating patients suffering from ongoing pain due to fibroids, offering patients the option to preserve their uterus as an alternative to undergoing a hysterectomy.
The addition of a new, specialized ‘command centre’ that brings key personnel together in a single working space to ensure optimal patient flow at Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH) is improving the admission and discharge process for inpatients.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is making significant progress to action strategic improvements aimed at strengthening the recruitment and retention of health care workers, while delivering better access to services, improving the overall patient experience, and optimizing patient flow in our facilities.
A new partnership will make it easier for people living in the Fredericton area to book appointments at Horizon’s Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre for its nurse practitioner same-day self-referral clinic.
Horizon President and CEO Margaret Melanson and other Horizon senior leaders shared improvements and achievements in their work to expand emergency department access and enhance primary and ambulatory care services at a public health care meeting last Thursday night in Sackville.
A new discharge lounge at Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH) is providing a better experience for patients being transferred from hospital, while helping improve the flow of patients coming into it.
A new sensory clinic in Fredericton, featuring a dedicated space to help address sensory processing concerns, will provide invaluable support to children, youth, and their family members, increasing access to mental health care and improving the overall patient experience.
A pilot project aimed at reducing the time it takes for a potential stroke patient to receive a Computed Tomography (CT) scan after they have arrived at the emergency department (ED) is seeing early success. The joint project between Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and Ambulance New Brunswick has reduced the time to below the national standard.
More New Brunswick patients are receiving hip and knee replacements sooner, as Horizon Health Network (Horizon) has eliminated the waitlist for eligible patients waiting a year or more for these types of surgeries at its facilities.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) has been named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top Employers thanks to the dedication, leadership and innovation of its staff and physicians to promote a positive work environment focused on advancing health care in New Brunswick.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and the Chalmers Foundation are pleased to announce an additional (second) Interventional Radiology (IR) suite will be installed at Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH), improving access to surgical services.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is expanding the availability of a leading Canadian-made digital patient journey application to patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is now offering self-booking for X-ray appointments for all its hospitals.
Horizon has partnered with YouTube Health to increase access to credible health information and reduce the spread of misinformation in Canada. As one of the inaugural program partners, Horizon will work with YouTube to increase access to trusted, quality information on health conditions for New Brunswickers and people across Canada.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is now expanding the new self-booking service for X-ray appointments at The Moncton Hospital and the Sackville Memorial Hospital.
Thanks to the installation of a new, non-invasive monitoring technology, Masimo Patient SafetyNet (PSN), Horizon is eliminating surgery cancellations related to patients with, or at risk for, sleep apnea at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH).
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is pleased to announce its Fredericton Urgent Treatment Centre will now be open to serve patients three days per week.
A pilot program helping improve the quality of patient care and overall patient experience by preventing or reducing the severity of skin pressure injuries is being expanded across Horizon.
At Horizon Health Network’s four regional hospitals, wait times for Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) Level 3 patients (patients with urgent medical needs who may need to be admitted) are stabilizing to pre-holiday levels.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is committed to a number of initiatives to improve overcrowding in our hospitals and long wait times in our Emergency Departments (EDs).
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is now expanding the new self-booking service for X-ray appointments at the Miramichi Regional Hospital.
Clinical assistants will be hired to provide patients with care in both of the province’s regional health authorities.
A new service will provide patients in the Saint John area with a new, easy, and modern way to book their own X-ray appointments.
Horizon is continuing to make significant progress with the recruitment and retention of health care workers in New Brunswick, with 1,928 physicians, nursing staff and other health care professionals joining our organization so far this fiscal year.
A pilot project that has been helping improve access to primary care for years at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton was given permanent status today to mark Physician Assistants Day.
Horizon has made significant progress to improve access to hip and knee surgeries, cutting wait times in half since 2020, without impacting OR time for other surgical specialties.
Patients in the Fredericton area now have improved access to primary health care, thanks to the opening of a new community-based clinic for non-life-threatening medical needs.
Horizon has expanded its dialysis program and is now offering Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) to patients staying at The Moncton Hospital (TMH), increasing access to this critical treatment and allowing them to stay closer to home when it matters most.
A new partnership between Horizon and a Fredericton-based ophthalmology clinic will mean thousands more cataract surgeries will be offered each year.
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is pleased to be part of a new collaborative, community-based youth substance use prevention pilot in the Saint John area.
Horizon’s St. Joseph’s Hospital is hosting a walk-in Pap test clinic in the Women’s Health Centre on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 9th floor. No appointment necessary.
Last night, representatives of Horizon’s senior leadership team provided a detailed update to community members in the Tantramar area regarding several initiatives aimed at improving the delivery of health care services in the area.
Horizon Health Network is pleased to announce the launch of a new pilot project at Upper River Valley Hospital (URVH) aimed at improving patient care delivery in the Emergency Department (ED).
The provincial government is expanding its cancer screening program, allowing women aged 40-49 to self-refer for a mammogram.
Horizon’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (DECRH) in Fredericton is being recognized on a national level for its commitment to energy efficiency and environmentally sustainable practices after being presented with its first-ever ENERGY STAR Canada Award.
Horizon’s Saint John Uptown Health Centre is now offering same-day, self-referral appointments with a physician or nurse practitioner (NP), increasing access to primary care in the Saint John area.
Vitalité Health Network inaugurates a smudge room at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton.
As part of the Annual General Meeting of the Board of Directors of Vitalité Health Network, the 2023-2024 Annual Report, which describes the organization's achievements and the solutions adopted in response to current challenges, was presented.
Vitalité Health Network's ambitious recruitment initiatives are bearing fruit. This is one of the findings of the Network's latest Report to the Community, entitled “Rising above challenges,” covering the period from April to June 2024.
Efforts continue to ensure quality care in Kent county.
The first two graduates of the Programme de formation spécialisée en psychiatrie, a francophone off-site residency program established in 2019 in collaboration with the Université de Sherbrooke, were celebrated along with seven graduates of the Programme de formation en médecine de famille francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick.
On May 21 and 22, Vitalité Health Network held two working days bringing together regional service commission representatives and health professionals from some key sectors, including public health, primary health care, performance, and planning and engagement.
Vitalité Health Network is inaugurating the expanded Family Medicine Unit at the Lamèque Hospital and Community Health Centre.
Vitalité Health Network, through its membership with the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, is deploying a digital platform to improve surgical outcomes for patients.
Health workers, university researchers, business leaders, volunteer residents, elected officials and representatives of the Mental Health Commission of Canada took part in Friday’s launch of the “Working on my Well-Being” project at the Palais Centre-Ville in Saint-Quentin.
A delegation of nursing directors and managers from the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Eastern Zone visited the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton on April 15, 2024 to learn more about Vitalité Health Network’s collaborative nursing model.
A new, innovative project aimed at reducing stress, increasing job satisfaction, and reducing absenteeism for New Brunswick health care workers was launched today.
Vitalité Health Network, which has made access to primary health care one of its two major strategic priorities, has developed a care model involving the formation of local family health teams that is being increasingly well-received and is already proving its worth.
No one should have to choose between satisfying their hunger and eating nutritious food that promotes their health. To meet the growing challenges of rising food costs, Vitalité Health Network is launching a new guide entitled Eat Better, Spend Less.
In the face of the labour shortages impacting the health sector, Vitalité Health Network (the “Network”) and Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) are joining forces to make it easier for candidates to obtain employment – by enhancing recruitment, training, and access to health internships and professions.
The Chaleur Regional Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce that its 2023 Annual Campaign targeting a $350,000 objective has come to a close.
The Fondation Les Amis de l’Hôpital de Tracadie is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of its 2023 annual campaign to raise funds for improving local health care. The campaign’s initial target of $80,000 was ambitious.
The Fondation Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, in Caraquet, is thrilled to announce the tremendous success of its 2023 annual campaign.
Vitalité Health Network and the Kent Regional Services Commission, in collaboration with the local Planet Youth Kent coalition and their partners, celebrate the launch of the Planet Youth pilot project in the Kent region.
Public Health professionals and the Northwest Resilience Action Committee have teamed up with New Brunswick’s public libraries to develop the bookpack project.
Vitalité Health Network is expanding access to some otorhinolaryngology surgeries in Northwest Zone.
Blood products are a vital and limited health system resource. Being concerned about using these products efficiently, Vitalité Health Network joined the national “Using Blood Wisely” program designed to reduce unnecessary red blood cell transfusions, which can pose certain risks to patients.
Vitalité Health Network is getting ready for the opening of the new Geriatric Health Clinic in Dieppe.
Vitalité Health Network is joining the efforts to establish a national, centralized genomic data management system.
The Vitalité Health Network is taking action to counter childhood obesity and promote the physical and mental health of children through the launch of the Healthy Trail.
The 60th anniversary of Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin was celebrated in grand style on Wednesday, October 25.
St-Joseph Community Health Centre (SJCHC) in Dalhousie proudly celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment during a special ceremony held on Tuesday, October 24, to mark this major historical milestone.
The Dr. Léon-Richard Oncology Centre is celebrating its 30th anniversary! To mark this milestone in the history of this pillar of hope and innovation in the fight against cancer, a festive evening high in emotion will take place at the Delta Beauséjour Hotel, 750 Main Street, in Moncton, on October 28, 5:30 p.m.
Vitalité Health Network (the Network) is distinguishing itself globally. A paper examining the development and assessment of a tool to manage the Network’s healthcare crises will appear in the prestigious journal Frontiers in Public Health, a respected scientific journal recognized worldwide.
Vitalité Health Network’s microbiology lab team wins recognition award from the Société Santé en français in the category of “équipe percutante” [impactful team].
Vitalité Health Network, in collaboration with its partners and Horizon Health Network, celebrate the launch of the Planet Youth initiative in the Acadian Peninsula and Alnwick region.
Vitalité Health Network and the Fondation Les Amis de l’Hôpital de Tracadie celebrated the creation of a new chronic illness management clinic and the renovation of the dialysis unit at Tracadie Hospital on Friday.
Vitalité Health Network is thrilled to announce that, thanks to the sustained efforts and unwavering commitment of its 10 partner foundations, an impressive $6,356,467 was raised in 2022-2023.