“I feel better, I breathe better, I just live better”: Patient urges others to embrace a smoke-free life now! January 26, 2024 As part of National Non-Smoking Week, Horizon salutes those enrolled in our Smoking/Vaping Cessation Program in our various communities. “I feel better, I breathe better, I just live better,” said Minto resident Jarrod Goodrum, who is new to Horizon’s smoking...
Horizon implements strategies to improve Emergency Department wait times January 12, 2024 (HORIZON) – At Horizon Health Network’s four regional hospitals, wait times for Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) Level 3 patients (patients with urgent medical needs who may need to be admitted) are stabilizing to pre-holiday levels. As seasonal health...
Cleanliness – December 2023 January 5, 2024 HospitalsNHS/first audit scores Emergency DepartmentVisual AuditsEmergency Dept. December 2023NHS/first audit scores Patient Care UnitVisual AuditsPatient Care Units December 2023TMH55.3%70%94%SJRH87.3%92%63%93%DECRH68.3%99%78.8%98%URVH87%85%96%MRH65%98%70%94% Legend TMH: The Moncton Hospital SJRH: Saint John Regional Hospital DECRH: Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital URVH: Upper River Valley Hospital...
Horizon committed to action, collaboration to improve the health care experience for all New Brunswickers January 5, 2024 (HORIZON) – Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is committed to a number of initiatives to improve overcrowding in our hospitals and long wait times in our Emergency Departments (EDs). Over the holidays, our hospitals were not able to effectively respond to...
Horizon expands new self-booking tool for X-ray appointments to Miramichi area January 4, 2024 (MIRAMICHI) – Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is now expanding the new self-booking service for X-ray appointments at the Miramichi Regional Hospital. The focus of the initiative is to improve patient experience by providing patients with a new, easy, and modern...
Horizon asks the public to consider options before presenting to an Emergency Department December 31, 2023 HORIZON – Horizon Health Network is asking the public to consider their health care options before presenting to an Emergency Department. Horizon’s Emergency Departments are experiencing large volumes of patients, and our priority is to care for trauma and critical...
“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...
Clinical assistants being added to health-care system December 15, 2023 FREDERICTON (GNB) - Clinical assistants will be hired to provide patients with care in both of the province’s regional health authorities. The clinical assistant program is a partnership involving the government, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick, the...