Hay River Hospital will be following Yellowknife’s lead in months to come by making the entire property smoke-free, with hopefully fewer smokers to banish to the curb. The Stanton Territorial Health Authority has set Valentine’s as the day to mandate a 100 per cent tobacco-free environment on hospital grounds. The plans for Hay River Health [...]
One more year. That’s what Hay River Health and Social Services Authority (HRHSSA) CEO Al Woods was thinking as he inched ever closer to retirement. Woods, who has been in charge of health care in Hay River since taking over from former CEO Paul Rosebush on Dec. 1, 2008, will remain in Hay River until [...]
Known as the NWT HealthNet Viewer, the system is a web-based portal that will allow authorized health care professionals in the NWT “view-only” access to medical information including lab results, diagnostic imaging reports, clinical reports, patient lists and event history from health care centres across the NWT. The viewer is the first part of the interoperable Electronic Health Record (iEHR). The new system will allow health professionals to make more timely decisions as well provide better patient care.
