Over 100,000 seniors were registered in the program. The Seniors' Pharmacare Board established a formulary management and education committee. A toll-free telephone counseling service for problem gambling was established in December 1996. The service is staffed around the clock seven days a week. It's open to all Nova Scotians and provides help to anyone who calls about a gambling problem.
Callers can seek help for themselves, friends, colleagues and family members.
Tele-Health pilot projects linked hospitals in Guysborough, Sheet Harbour and North Sydney with specialists in radiology and dermatology at the QE II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. A total of 347,000 procedures, representing the top 100 elective procedures, were tracked over the four year time frame of the study. Regionalization Under the Regional Health Boards Act, all hospitals in the province were designated under one of the four Regional Health Boards with the exception of four Non-Designated Organizations. The Department of Health initiated a process for developing a strategic plan for Nova Scotia's health system. Annual business plans of the RHBs and the NDOs reflected the overall priorities of government and the health system.