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Health PEI testing sites will be closed on Monday, May 30, due to required electrical system upgrades. In order to accommodate Islanders who require a COVID-19 test at a testing clinic, additional hours are being added to testing sites across the province on Sunday, May 29. The...
Health PEI has updated its COVID-19 visitor protocol to align with the changing COVID-19 situation. “Our new visitor protocol increases access to partners in care and family for patients, residents and clients, which is an important aspect of care,” said Marion Dowling, Chief...
A new program will help fund sensors that allow people with diabetes and their health care team better monitor their sugar levels. Over 15,000 Islanders live with diabetes, a chronic disease where the body is unable to produce insulin or properly use the insulin it produces. On...
Health PEI is introducing a new digital assessment tool for older Islanders that will improve the way people are assessed for care needs as they age. The tool, called interRAI-HC, uses a digital platform that replaces the former paper-based system that has been in use on PEI for...
Health PEI advises that the schedule for COVID-19 testing sites will be modified starting May 16, 2022. Borden Carleton, 20 Dickie Rd: CLOSING May 16 *additional hours added to schedule at Slemon Park location Summerside, Slemon Park: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday and...
Health PEI’s Mental Health and Addictions division is introducing a new 12-space acute day program and consolidating acute mental health care beds in order to help improve patient care and increase access to acute inpatient and psychiatry services. The new Partial Hospitalization...
May 9 to 15 is National Nursing Week in Canada. Nurses play a pivotal role in the health care of Islanders, working tirelessly at every level of the health care system, be they Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, or Nurse Practitioners. “PEI’s nurses have always been...
The gift of life is something most parents give their child only once. But not Crystal Ogden. “People tell me I gave her life twice.” In 2013, Ogden donated part of her liver to her daughter Cadence, who was just five years old when she learned she needed a liver transplant. At...
Patient medical homes have been formed at five Island primary care locations, beginning the shift in primary health care from solo family practices to collaborative health care and better access to care for Islanders. Patient Medical Homes deliver team-based care through a model...
Health PEI Cough and Fever Clinics in Charlottetown and Slemon Park will end on March 31 as routine care for Islanders with respiratory illness is transitioned back to family physician offices and walk-in clinics. “Cough and Fever Clinics were established in 2020 to provide a...