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BC split on whether the health-care system is adequate: poll

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The Leger poll found half of residents (50 per cent) think the province’s health care system is good while 46 per cent think it’s in rough shape.

Published June 09, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read

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Half of British Columbians say the health care system is poor in BC, according to a Leger poll. Photo by Getty Images/iStock

British Columbians are divided over how well the province’s health-care system is doing, according to a poll released on Friday.

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How Danielle Smith could transform health care

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Governments, like boards of directors, need to know what is going on, but they cause chaos when they meddle

Published June 05, 2023 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute read

A trailer for extra space outside the ER at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
A trailer for extra space outside the ER at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia

Albertans re-elected Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party with a majority last week. Smith now offers a chance to change the way we think about health care — a radically conservative vision. What might that include?

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Alberta’s overtaxed health care system tops the list of challenges Danielle Smith will face

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Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party won a narrow victory following a bitter Alberta election campaign, and now must tackle a long list of problems, from health care to the economy to the environment, in a highly polarized province.

Potential solutions are expensive and could prove contentious, as the election revealed a stark urban-rural political divide. Ms. Smith held on as premier, but her party lost 11 seats, and its power is now concentrated outside the major cities of Edmonton and Calgary, where Rachel Notley’s New Democrats gained important ground. Ms. Notley emerged with Alberta’s largest-ever official opposition.

Danielle Smith’s UCP

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To boost health care teams’ effectiveness, integrate organizational sciences research with tech development

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Health care organizations today are caring for patients with increasingly complex needs and leveraging larger teams that include clinicians with diverse and specialized expertise. At the same time, high turnover and labor shortages mean that facilities often employ a more temporary and mobile workforce.

In a new commentary, researchers point out that, as a result, “the structure of health care teams often defies decades of wisdom from team-design research about the conditions that support the best possible performance.”

The article was written by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Johns Hopkins University, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s

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School system, Carteret Health Care partner to provide internships for 18 students | News

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MOREHEAD CITY — The county’s two largest employers have joined forces to create internships for 19 high school students that can lead to future careers with Carteret Health Care.

Officials with the Carteret County Public School System and the hospital gathered with students and families Thursday at Carteret Health Care to witness the interns sign agreements.




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Croatan High School students, from left, Lucas Somogy, Chelsea Zheng, Fabrizio Fonseca and Eli Doyle signed internship agreements Thursday with Carteret Health Care in Morehead City as part of the school system’s Careers and Partnerships in Education program. (Cheryl Burke photo)


Students from Croatan,

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