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At-home help for end-of-life care
2017-10-31
Supporting Island families -
For Jeremy Measham, the Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home Program is an opportunity to help people through some of the hardest periods of their lives.
The program, launched by Health PEI in 2015, involves paramedics providing ongoing care - often during...
Better health and healing for teens with mental illness
2017-10-30
Strengthening mental health services -
The world can be a stressful and threatening place for many teens, and especially for those with mental health challenges.
Through Health PEI’s INSIGHT program, a group of trained and concerned professionals is offering these Prince Edward Island youth aged...
Patient Safety
2017-10-27
As a patient or family member, it is important that you understand the health care and treatment you receive. Remember to ask questions, listen to the answers, and talk about any concerns you may have. By being involved in your care, health care providers are able to provide the best and safest...
Island paramedics recognized for exemplary service
2017-10-27
Distributed at the request of Medavie Health Services -
Prince Edward Island paramedics recognized with the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal during a ceremony at Government House.
The exemplary service medals recognize those persons in high-...
Paramedic palliative care nationally recognized
2017-10-23
A provincial program helping Island palliative care patients remain in their homes longer has received national recognition for its innovative approach to end-of-life care.
The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improve (CFHI) recognized Health PEI’s Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home...
Statement regarding privacy breach at Health PEI
2017-10-18
Health PEI’s acting Chief Executive Officer Denise Lewis Fleming is confirming a breach of patient records at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
“Unfortunately, there has been an incident involving a former employee of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital who inappropriately viewed the personal health...
Family centred approach offers help for addictions
2017-10-17
Strengthening mental health services -
A family can feel trapped inside a cycle of anger and blame when one of their own suffers from addiction - but a new approach from Prince Edward Island's addiction services offers a way out.
Greg Purvis, addictions team lead at the Provincial Addiction...
Emergency care not affected by QEH disaster simulation
2017-10-16
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will carry out a mock disaster exercise this Wednesday, October 18 to test its emergency and disaster responses.
Although the hospital’s emergency department will play a large role in the disaster exercise, Islanders seeking emergency medical care will continue...
Walk-in mental health service expands
2017-10-13
Strengthening mental health services -
Expanding mental health walk-in clinic services will provide better access to care for a growing number of Islanders seeking non-urgent and non-life threatening mental health and addictions care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) emergency department.
As...
Walk-in mental health service expands
2017-10-13
Strengthening Mental Health Services -
Expanding mental health walk-in clinic services will provide better access to care for a growing number of Islanders seeking non-urgent and non-life threatening mental health and addictions care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) emergency department.
As...