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New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch says referrals for blood work will again be available through the online health service eVisitNB evisitnb.ca being dropped last month, evisitnb.ca. During question period Thursday, Fitch said he asked staff to review why blood work was not offered anymore, and confirmed the service will evisitnb.ca restored.

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Serge Melanson confirmed online registration for a video, phone or messaging consultation with a nurse practitioner or doctor is only available between 10 a. Up until last week, registration for the service, offered to all New Brunswickers with a Medicare card free of charge since late January as a way to divert patients from overwhelmed emergency departments during the Omicron spike, was open from 8 a. So some people who registered later in the day and had waited sometimes more than two hours in the virtual waiting room for the next available provider were having their appointments cancelled as the virtual clinic closed. They had to get up the next morning and show up to [their other jobs]. So they stopped seeing people late in the evening. The technology eVisitNB uses does not permit registrations to be carried over to the following day, said Melanson. Once the clinic closes, the technology shuts down, and anyone waiting to be seen is asked to rebook the following day. People were not expecting to kind of have that. By "compressing" the registration hours, eVisitNB has "essentially eliminated" the number of patients being "timed out" of the waiting room, said Melanson. Meanwhile, the service hours have not changed, he said, with some providers still seeing patients as late as 11 p. In fact, this past week we've been seeing more of them. On Wednesday, for example, nearly patients received consultations for common illnesses, injuries or mental health concerns, said Melanson, and no appointments were cancelled at the end of the day. The average wait was about minutes — or just over three hours, he said, noting patients don't spend the entire time "ear-to-phone," they receive an email or text message advising them shortly before their consultation is set to begin. Prior to the registration changes, the average number of patients who received consults daily was about , and up to 30 per cent of appointments were cancelled, he said.

Fitch said that evisitnb.ca jumped to over 70, because of an increase in population, and the province has worked hard to bring that number back evisitnb.ca to 40, evisitnb.ca, Personal Health Records Information about how to access your personal health information.

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Important Service Information. You may want to check your symptoms to determine how serious they are and if a healthcare visit is needed. Your first point of contact should always be your primary healthcare provider your family doctor, nurse practitioner, or NB Health Link. For patients currently without a primary health care provider, we can help you with your medical concerns and any routine investigations or referrals to specialists. For patients currently with a primary health care provider who cannot access their provider in a timely manner , we can help you with non-urgent medical concerns, including any appropriate investigations. You can also visit Accessing Healthcare to learn about the many community resources you can access without a primary health provider, including Tele-Care , mental health or addictions support, and pharmacists. Yes, sometimes there will be a wait to see a healthcare provider.

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Please click here to register for a healthcare consultation. If you require service in French, please set you language preference in your profile settings to French only. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate consultations without an NB Medicare card. If your provider rejects your consult request, you will receive a notification and a reason. Depending on the rationale for the rejection, you may be able to resubmit your request based on your provider's feedback so that your request fits within eVisitNB's scope of care. On the rare occasion that the provider determines that you need an in-person examination within the first few minutes of your consult or they cannot help you with your request, you will be advised about your best options, and the visit will conclude. This allows us to meet your needs in the most efficient and timely fashion. Your provider will have access to your previous medical history and consultations on eVisitNB.

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Support Services. Need help now? It's not clear how many of those 30, people removed from the list have found a permanent provider and how many have been transferred to Health Link. Upper River Valley Hospital Waterville. Saint John Regional Hospital. Miramichi Regional Hospital. First Nations. Personal Health Records. The Moncton Hospital. About 20 to 30 per cent of eVisitNB patients indicated in an exiting testimonial that they would have visited an emergency department if the service hadn't been available. Staff and Physician Access. Community Stories. One way eVisitNB hopes to improve its service is to recruit more health-care providers to provide care for more patients, said Melanson. Accreditation Reports. The Health Department did not respond to questions about how many people are on the Health Link list.

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Temporary Service Interruptions and Closure Notices. Grand Manan Hospital. Patients with non-urgent medical issues may experience long wait times. Why NB. Fredericton Region. New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch says referrals for blood work will again be available through the online health service eVisitNB after being dropped last month. About Horizon. Email address:. Community Stories. So they stopped seeing people late in the evening. Redevelopment Projects. By comparison, one of the busiest emergency departments in the province could see about patients in 24 hours, said Melanson, an emergentologist at the Moncton Hospital.