Supporting Island families - For Jeremy Measham, the Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home Program is an opportunity to help people through some of the hardest periods of their lives. The program, launched by Health PEI in 2015, involves paramedics providing ongoing care -...
Distributed at the request of Medavie Health Services - Prince Edward Island paramedics recognized with the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal during a ceremony at Government House. The exemplary service medals recognize those persons in high...
A provincial program helping Island palliative care patients remain in their homes longer has received national recognition for its innovative approach to end-of-life care. The Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improve (CFHI) recognized Health PEI’s Paramedics Providing...
Health PEI’s acting Chief Executive Officer Denise Lewis Fleming is confirming a breach of patient records at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. “Unfortunately, there has been an incident involving a former employee of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital who inappropriately viewed the...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will carry out a mock disaster exercise this Wednesday, October 18 to test its emergency and disaster responses. Although the hospital’s emergency department will play a large role in the disaster exercise, Islanders seeking emergency medical...
Whether in person or on the web, Islanders who attend Health PEI’s annual general meeting can give their input and participate in quality discussions about health care on Prince Edward Island. The meeting is this evening, October 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Credit Union...
Islanders can make better-informed decisions about where to access emergency care now that wait times for Kings County Memorial Hospital’s emergency department are online. Kings County Memorial Hospital is the final Prince Edward Island emergency department to make its wait times...