The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association has launched a new database that is meant to reduce the time doctors spend on paperwork. The Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program Criteria Database, which was developed in collaboration with Department of Health and Community Services, the province’s Chief Information Officer, and e-Docs NL, will allow prescribers to […]
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Minister of Health and Community Services Tom Osborne will provide a health care action update today. The update will discuss the recommendations of the provincial surgical backlog task force. Osborne will be joined by Dr. Pat Parfrey, Deputy Minister of Health Transformation, and Cassie Chisholm, Vice President – Transformation (Health Systems), Newfoundland and Labrador Health […]
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A sign at Tim Horton’s at the Health Sciences Centre has sparked conversation on-line: no more donuts or timbits for sale. It’s the first phase of the health authority’s healthy food policy and baked goods aren’t the only products being phased out. The change began June 21st as part of the first phase of the […]
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As of today, the community walk-in clinic located on Mundy Pond Road in St John’s, will be offering telephone bookings for a limited number of daily appointments. Patients with non-urgent issues can book an appointment for the following day by calling 709-777-0800. The telephone booking line will be operated on a first come, first served […]
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Due to human resource challenges, the emergency department at the U.S. Memorial Health Centre in St. Lawrence will be closed from Monday, August 14 at 8:00 a.m. to Monday, August 21 at 8:00 a.m. Patients with a medical emergency who require an ambulance should call 911. Anyone who feels they have a serious or urgent […]
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