A Breath of Fresh Air – Horizon’s Green Initiative in Operating Rooms March 7, 2024 Horizon’s The Moncton Hospital and Sackville Memorial Hospital are taking significant steps to contribute to a greener planet. Recently, both facilities have ceased the use of desflurane in their operating rooms by switching to the environmentally friendly gas known as...
Horizon’s community developers partner with UNB Nursing students and Elgin seniors to offer adult health screening clinics March 6, 2024 Many hands make light work, especially in partnership with Horizon’s community developers. Together, they helped transform the Elgin Senior Centre on January 24, 2024, playing host to the inaugural “Adult Health Screening Clinics.” This initiative, organized for residents of Elgin,...
“It’s a hidden gem… that’s what patients have been calling it”: Horizon’s Queens North Community Health Centre continues to move to the beat of Minto and its surrounding communities December 19, 2023 In Minto, the Queens North Community Health Centre’s (QNCHC) variety of health services has continued to be popular amongst its residents over the years. It is one of several Horizon facilities with a special mandate to tailor its health care...
A fun workday by the Bay of Fundy September 11, 2023 Horizon staff demonstrate dedication to patient care by making our services accessible to everyone Horizon’s Kathy Walker and Jennifer Brown recently travelled to meet Grand Manan Island patients midway, aboard the Grand Manan Ferry, to conduct annual pacemaker checks as...
Technology & Innovation Connect Patients with Primary Care Provider at Tobique Valley Community Health Centre August 16, 2023 A technological transformation is underway at Horizon’s Tobique Valley Community Health Centre (TVCHC), reshaping the way people receive primary care. Dr. Moheb Zaki, in collaboration with dedicated nursing staff and under the guidance of Dr. Ash McLellan, Medical Director for...
Horizon nurse excited to see changes to insulin pump coverage August 4, 2023 Thanks in part to the passion of a Horizon registered nurse (RN), more New Brunswickers have coverage of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors through the New Brunswick Insulin Pump Program (NBIPP). Marilyn Heighton has been working as a nurse...
Access to MRI streamlined through assessment at NB-ISAEC June 12, 2023 When Susan Mean started experiencing lower back pain in September 2022, she thought it was simply sciatica (pain that travels along the sciatic nerve from the lower back down through the hips and legs) and figured it would go away....
“Small things can make a big difference”: Horizon physiotherapists and occupational therapists help hospitalized patients get home faster May 5, 2023 From left to right, physiotherapist Justin Saulnier, occupational therapist Michelle Goguen, and Tara Mann, manager of Physiotherapy Services for Horizon's Moncton area. Tara Mann, a Horizon physiotherapist, and the Manager of Physiotherapy Services and Julie Lawson, Manager of occupational and recreation therapy...
“I have accomplished so much since I completed the GLA:D program” February 17, 2023 Meet Joyce, a former participant of Horizon’s Good Life with Osteoarthritis in Denmark (GLA:D) program. After learning about it from a physiotherapist, Joyce attended the GLA:D program spring 2022. “Everything has become easy — specifically, climbing the stairs, walking, gardening,...
New online tool will allow loved ones to see patient’s surgery status in real time February 8, 2023 All New Brunswickers deserve accessible and quality health care and a positive patient experience, and this initiative is one example of how Horizon is committed to providing that every day (HORIZON) Wednesday, Feb. 8 2023 – Horizon, together with Service...