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Health PEI Annual Report 2020-21
This Annual Report provides an overview of Health PEI's accomplishments, challenges, performance and financial results for 2020-21.
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Asthma Education Centre
The Dr. Patrick Gill Asthma Education Centre, named in memory of an Island respirologist and leader in asthma education, has been helping improve the quality of life for islanders living with asthma since 1997. The centre is also a resource to other health care providers. We can...
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Health PEI Accreditation Report 2022
The accreditation report describes the findings of the organization's survey by Accreditation Canada in 2022.
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Someone on your side
Meet Health PEI’s Mental Health and Addictions Patient Navigator Working in Community Mental Health and Addiction from 2018-2021, Kaley Knox could see firsthand how difficult it can be for people to find the help they need. When she saw a job posting for the then-new position of...
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Health PEI Strategic Plan: 2021-2024
What is a Strategic Plan? A strategic plan is a document that Health PEI uses to describe its purpose and direction: Vision: Health PEI’s future Mission: Health PEI’s purpose Values: how Health PEI will conduct its work Goals and Strategic Priorities: areas identified as key for...
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"I’m having technical problems with virtual care... help!"
Islanders can access virtual health care services through their computer, smartphone, or tablet. You can connect with a PEI physician over a secure line for treatment of several conditions using text chat, audio, or video chat. Virtual care is a way to visit with your health care...
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“Life gets flipped upside down. Sometimes people just need guidance.”
Ann Millar knows first-hand what it feels like to have your life flipped upside down. Thirty years ago, her mother was given a life-altering diagnosis. In the difficult weeks ahead, one of the big hurdles was navigating the health care system. “The system is complex,” she said....
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Youth and Family Addiction Services
Youth and Family Addiction Services are provided across Prince Edward Island by youth addiction and family addiction counsellors. If you are a young person whose use of alcohol or drugs is causing you or your family concern, Youth and Family Addiction Services can help. Services...
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“We didn’t have time to be scared.”
A look at life inside PEI’s COVID unit “For a long time, it felt like all the training we did to get ready for COVID was for nothing,” said Chelsea Chessman, the patient care coordinator of Unit 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). “But when the omicron variant started to...
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The Social ABCs: support for families while awaiting autism assessment
Rachel Morgan’s three-year-old son Link has always been a good communicator. He’s just not much of a talker. “Oh, he has no problem letting you know what he’s thinking!” said Morgan with a laugh from her home in Miscouche. “We taught him sign language when he was a baby, and he...