Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information show that more than 1,700 referrals to medical specialists were “missed” due to glitches with the province’s issue-plagued electronic medical records system. #peipoli #peihealthcare

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"There are very real consequences when we fail to ensure adequate standards of health care for Islanders. It's quite literally a life or death matter," said Green Leader Peter-Bevan Baker. #longtermcare #peipoli #peihealthcare

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News of the recent closure of the intensive care unit at Summerside’s Prince County Hospital consumed the first question period of the spring sitting of the P.E.I. legislature. #peipoli #peihealthcare

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Officials with Health P.E.I. are discussing options for keeping the emergency department open this summer at Kings County Memorial Hospital in Montague. #peihealthcare #peipoli
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Nurses in P.E.I. want to know by the middle of the month how Health P.E.I. plans to deal with another challenging summer vacation season. #peihealthcare
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Jim Clements said a stroke he suffered last year left him with weakness on his left side and balance issues. He said it took five months after the initial visit to the QEH emergency room to get the diagnosis. #peipoli #peihealthcare
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The P.E.I. government has extended job offers to 31 internationally trained nurses, following a March recruitment trip to Dubai. #peihealthcare #peipoli
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A lack of staff has forced Health P.E.I. to temporarily close a health clinic in Wellington. #peipoli #peihealthcare
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P.E.I.’s political party leaders presented their plans to fix the Island's increasingly tenuous health-care system in the first and only televised leaders' debate of the province's election campaign on March 27. #peipoli #peihealthcare #peivotes2023 https://t.co/sNXYnuFu9G

ICYMI: The fate of the intensive care unit at Summerside's Prince County Hospital remains uncertain as two internal medicine doctors are leaving their positions in May. #pei #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/gH43k9y7mT https://t.co/roIdsMSdXB

"We have one of the broadest scopes of practice for nurse practitioners in Canada," said Melissa Panton, CEO and registrar of the College of Registered Nurses. #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/ZG441xW5NF

Health P.E.I. has confirmed two internal medicine physicians at Prince County Hospital will be leaving the province this spring. #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/DKih8UuYca

“Probably 95 per cent of the problems that you hear about Health P.E.I. relate to staffing. It’s really that simple,” said Gardam. “Staffing causes burnout, when you don’t have enough staff, people are doing too many overtime shifts.” #peihealthcare https://t.co/ifcddXEnrO

ICYMI: After meetings with senior officials in the Trudeau government, P.E.I. Premier Dennis King says his government is “working through the final details” of a new health funding deal with Ottawa. #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/NhcXcVmYSV

ICYMI: The Atlantic physician registry, which would offer multi-jurisdictional licensing to improve physician mobility in the region, is anticipated to launch May 1. #peihealthcare #peipoli
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ICYMI: “His bedside manner is beyond any doctor I’ve ever experienced, being a patient,” she said. “It’s an extreme loss to the Island, losing him, and I don’t think there’s any replacing him.” #peidoctorshortage #peihealthcare https://t.co/iQ8GnGIzGD

“Everything that's needed to make the system succeed is there. We have acute care, we have primary care, we have primary health resources out there. But they're not connected.” #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/SlyndhNpJR https://t.co/RMdNm9A7uz

ICYMI: In his resignation letter to Premier Dennis King, Health P.E.I. board chair Derek Key warned that past leaders in the province have suffered the “ire of the electorate” due to past failures in the health-care system. #peihealthcare #peipoli https://t.co/tEh954y31W

ICYMI: “As physicians, we think that the system as it stands is broken. We just can’t keep doing the same thing; we can’t keep offering care in the same way that we always used to.” #peihealthcare #peipoli
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