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Glucose Sensor Technology available for Islanders living with Diabetes
2022-05-18
A new program will help fund sensors that allow people with diabetes and their health care team better monitor their sugar levels.
Over 15,000 Islanders live with diabetes, a chronic disease where the body is unable to produce insulin or properly use the insulin it produces. On average, 860...
New Long-Term Care assessment tool to provides better care plans for Islanders
2022-05-17
Health PEI is introducing a new digital assessment tool for older Islanders that will improve the way people are assessed for care needs as they age.
The tool, called interRAI-HC, uses a digital platform that replaces the former paper-based system that has been in use on PEI for many years.
The...
Health PEI introducing new day program for acute mental health patients
2022-05-10
Health PEI’s Mental Health and Addictions division is introducing a new 12-space acute day program and consolidating acute mental health care beds in order to help improve patient care and increase access to acute inpatient and psychiatry services.
The new Partial Hospitalization Program will...
Organ Donation: Giving - and receiving - the gift of life
2022-04-26
The gift of life is something most parents give their child only once.
But not Crystal Ogden.
“People tell me I gave her life twice.”
In 2013, Ogden donated part of her liver to her daughter Cadence, who was just five years old when she learned she needed a liver transplant.
At age two, Cadence...
Health PEI and Maple extend access to virtual care platform
2021-08-26
Health PEI’s Virtual Care Clinic, an online platform offered through Maple, has been extended for another twelve months to support Islanders without a primary care provider to access a doctor virtually.
The service was launched in July 2020 to enhance access to care, particularly for people who...
New Provincial Dental Care Program launches
2021-07-29
Islanders can now apply for Prince Edward Island’s new Provincial Dental Care Program.
“Oral health is such an important component of our overall health, so I am pleased to see our government’s plans for the Provincial Dental Care Program become a reality. This program will allow Island seniors...
PEI launches new Psychologist Incentive Program
2021-07-06
A new Psychologist Incentive Program will improve access to psychology services and increase support to meet the mental health needs of Islanders.
“Psychologists are in high demand in Prince Edward Island, and we are pleased to offer this new incentive program to bring even more of these...
Stroke supports available for Islanders through virtual healthcare
2021-06-15
June is Stroke Awareness Month and a good time for Islanders to discuss signs of stroke, risk factors and prevention and support programs available in-person and virtually.
In PEI, stroke patients can communicate with their healthcare professionals securely using phone, video, text and email...
Enhanced border testing in place starting Monday, April 26
2021-04-26
Enhanced COVID-19 testing will be provided in Borden, Slemon Park, and Charlottetown for workers and commercial truckers starting Monday, with reduced turnaround times for test results.
“All members of the border and testing teams have worked hard this weekend to ensure Prince Edward Island...
Young boy saves five lives through organ donation
2021-04-26
Lisa McCarthy is encouraging others to become registered organ donors after their family's decision to donate her son’s organs saved the lives of five other people.
Lisa’s 18-year-old son, Brodie passed away in May 2018 after a fatal rugby accident just one month before he was set to graduate from...