Celebrating successes of community collaboration in Tantramar April 6, 2023 From left, are Bill Evans, Chair of the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation, Christa Wheeler-Thorne, Executive Director of the Moncton area, John Higham, Margaret Tusz-King, and Pat Estabrooks, from the Memramcook-Tantramar Rural Health Action Group, with Margaret Melanson, interim President. (TANTRAMAR)...
Horizon surgery initiatives see an extra 115 patients receive hip or knee replacements over four-month period April 4, 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) – Over the last four months,115 additional orthopedic surgeries...
Horizon introducing updated COVID-19 screening process April 3, 2023 (HORIZON) – Horizon is introducing a new screening process at its hospitals and health care facilities. Beginning today, patients, social visitors and designated support persons (DSPs), who are essential partners in care, will be required to self-screen for signs and symptoms...
$41 million invested to support accessible and quality health care March 31, 2023 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government is investing $41 million in capital funding to support its health-care partners in their delivery of accessible and quality health care. The funding from the Department of Health is for equipment less than $100,000...
New program improving quality of life, reducing need for surgery for osteoarthritis patients March 29, 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) – Horizon patients living with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis...
Horizon COVID-19 assessment centres adjusting operations March 24, 2023 (HORIZON) – Horizon wishes to inform the public that, effective Saturday, April 1, self-referral appointments for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing will no longer be available. As of April 1, PCR testing at Horizon assessment centres will only be available for...
Fredericton health centre increasing access to primary care March 24, 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. Lindsay MacDonald and Yarrow Merritt, nurse practitioners at Horizon’s Fredericton...
New after-hours psychiatry clinic making significant impact in connecting clients to mental health services March 23, 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. Moncton psychiatrist Dr. Rozario Anthony is shown with the team...
More patients receiving MRI appointments through optimization tactics March 16, 2023 (HORIZON) – More patients are receiving appointments, wait times have decreased and waitlists have been reduced, thanks to process improvement projects to optimize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services at Horizon. A pilot project at Horizon’s Miramichi Regional Hospital (MRH) has...
Nurse Practitioners Now Included in Horizon Referral Reward March 6, 2023 New Brunswickers can now refer a Nurse Practitioner or Registered Nurse to work for Horizon and receive a $1,000 Horizon Referral Reward Jade, one of the first nurses successfully referred and hired through the Horizon Referral Reward programin 2022. (MONCTON)...