What is palliative care? Palliative care is a specialized type of care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer. The goals of palliative care are to improve a person’s quality of life, manage their illness symptoms, and help them understand their choices for...
Health PEI is providing patients of Dr. Syed Naqvi access to the Unaffiliated Virtual Care program, offered through Maple. Dr. Naqvi is on medical leave for indeterminate amount of time. His practice serves more than 2,500 Islanders. “While this does not replace the need for...
Approximately three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Health PEI is changing how COVID-19 testing is accessed across the province. The move reflects the continuing decline in the use of testing clinics by members of the public. All stand-alone community testing clinics...
A survey of Islanders’ experiences with virtual health care show a large number of respondents are comfortable with the technology but would like more support in accessing it. The anonymous, voluntary survey was conducted in the summer of 2022 by Health PEI’s Virtual Care Project...
Health PEI is currently experiencing a shortage of physicians and nurse practitioners at the Harbourside Health Centre (HHC) and is working to recruit a full collaborative care team. As a result, patients are being reassigned to new providers in the area to maintain service...
Health PEI is updating the public about two issues with Health PEI Electronic Medical Record (EMR) resulting in delayed referrals from primary care providers to a specialist. In November 2022, Health PEI became aware of an issue where referrals from primary care physicians were...
The Alberton Community Health Centre officially opened its doors for residents of Alberton and the West Prince area Tuesday, October 10, providing a new, functional space for collaborative care to be offered by primary care, mental health and addictions and public health care...
Read this page carefully to prevent unnecessary delays. For more specific guidance, call 902-894-2027, Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. If you require an emergent patient referral outside of these hours, page the appropriate on-call specialist as they do not provide support outside their trained specialty. The types of specialist providers accessible through PEICTC are: medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, or hematologist. The availability of on-call service for each specialty area is dependent on having a clinician available to provide coverage. To connect with the most...
Health PEI Organized Stroke Care Program has been awarded Stroke Distinction from Accreditation Canada. Stroke Distinction is a highly specialized quality improvement program for organizations that offer acute and/or inpatient rehabilitation services with a dedicated stroke...