Pictured above from left to right: Mark McLane, Minister of Health and Wellness; Diane Griffin, Health PEI Board Chair; Audrene Mattheson, RN Team Lead; Lorraine Drost, NP; Tasha MacDonald, RN Supervisor; Lorna Hutt, Director of Community Mental Health and Addictions; and Melanie...
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a free at-home monitoring program available to Islanders who live with heart failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). How can RPM help me? If you have heart failure or COPD, you can: learn to manage your chronic disease from the...
What is a Strategic Plan? The 2025-2028 Health PEI Strategic Plan sets the foundation for the organization by laying out our: Mission – our purpose (why we exist) Vision – our future direction (what we are striving for) Values – our beliefs (what we stand for) Catalysts – our...
“There’s a real problem-solving element to this job, and I love that,” said Michelle Barton, the cancer patient navigator for Health PEI. The health care system can be complex. It’s often difficult for patients to find their way to the care or resources they need. As the cancer...
The numbers below provide a snapshot of Prince Edward Island’s population, and Health PEI’s staff and annual statistics for the period April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024. For more statistics, view Health PEI's Annual Report 2023-2024 [PDF | 5.4 MB]. Our population statistics...
Gloria Smith never leaves her husband Arnold’s side whenever he’s admitted to either the Queen Elizabeth Hospital or Prince County Hospital. Instead, Gloria, of Augustine Cove, PEI, chooses to curl up and sleep on the bedside chair. Gloria and Arnold have been married for 58...
“I don’t know if there was ever a time in my life when I wasn’t thinking about being a physician,” said Dr. Trina Stewart, a family physician in Summerside. “I grew up in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. When I was in Grade 11, I sent letters to medical faculties all over Canada and...
A new coordinator position and medical oversight will support firefighters in receiving the training they need to provide emergency medical response to people in PEI. Government recently funded a full-time coordinator position for the Medical First Responder (MFR) Program. The...
What is the PEI Smoking Cessation Program? The PEI Smoking Cessation Program helps PEI residents who wish to stop smoking, vaping, or using other tobacco products by offering free counseling, covering 100% of the cost of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products (i.e., nicotine...