Archive for February, 2010
White, green, and growing at Humber River
Regional Hospital
The snow won’t be falling in June, we hope. But at Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH) a portion of the roof will be the perfect shade of white. “We are really excited to be one of ...
Mount Sinai’s Women’s and Infants’ redevelopment
project within baby steps of completion
Mount Sinai Hospital’s Lawrence and Frances Bloomberg Centre for Women’s and Infants’ Health is within a few baby steps of moving into its new home. This is the first part of the hospital’s capital redevelopment project that will create, expand ...
Scanning for Safety
Ensuring the smallest, most vulnerable patients are exposed to the least risk for an adverse outcome is the goal of Credit Valley’s award-winning electronic medication administration record and bedside medication verification project (eMAR/BMV). Since medication errors are the leading ...
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton awarded for energy
and cost-saving measures
At an announcement in late November of this year, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton was presented with a significant $172,409 Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program (ERIP) cheque by Horizon Utilities. This was in recognition of the peak demand electricity savings of 732 ...
CyberKnife technology offers new option for
cancer patients
On November 26, 2009, Ontario marked a milestone with the announcement of the province’s first CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment option for cancer patients at Juravinski Cancer Centre. The technology will offer many cancer patients an effective alternative to surgery for ...
Getting green done: Engaging stakeholders for multiplier
effect benefits
Have you ever given any thought to the word “greening”? So vague, yet so powerful in its promise of a better, healthier world. Imagine if everyone around you shared a common vision for “greening” their homes and workplaces because they ...
Misericordia Health Centre: Microfibre magnificent
Like any good host Misericordia Health Centre strives to make its visitors as comfortable as possible. And, as all good hosts know, keeping things clean is a fundamental step in making visitors feel comfortable. When the question ...
Cleaning product sales has Guelph St. Joseph’s team in
the green
A few committed individuals, given the chance, can change their environment for the better. And like many green things, it can start small, take root and grow. Or so the Green Team at. St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph, has ...
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital Physiotherapists Have a Unique Perspective on Safety
As a physiotherapist working in a hospital setting, you see the world differently from others, according to Melissa Bedford. Melissa and her colleague [...]
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RVH’s rehab team gets man back into the game of life
Cliff Robinson played too many games of golf. Or that’s what the avid golfer thought when his shoulder began giving him grief. Very [...]
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Collaborative approach proves a winning formula in falls prevention
According to Health Canada, falls are by far the most common cause of major injury for seniors in Ontario, accounting for 90 per [...]
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Gift of donated cornea changes a life
The gift of vision changed Jennifer Barton’s life. The effects of chronic eye rubbing as a child from uncontrolled allergies left Jennifer with [...]
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St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton & Baxter Partner to Employ Technology to Empower Dialysis Patients
Dialysis patients living with chronic kidney disease face many challenges. In addition to the physical symptoms of the disease, further emotional strain [...]
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Meeting Patient Needs with Runnymede’s LTLD Rehabilitation Program
May 14, 2013, will mark the one year anniversary of the opening of the Low Tolerance Long Duration (LTLD) Rehabilitation program at Runnymede [...]
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Dr. Ron Wald researching best approach to dialysis
During his training as a nephrologist, Dr. Ron Wald became interested in conducting clinical trials to determine the best way to treat patients [...]
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Holland Bloorview youth realizes a dream – a highlight on adaptive technology
With determination, imagination and a lot of specialized skill, Holland Bloorview’s staff and clients are revolutionizing the way technology and equipment enables children [...]
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Rouge Valley offers surgical follow-up over Skype
A new program offered for surgical programs at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) is allowing patients to get the follow-up care they need [...]
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Rouge Valley asks community to Be A Donor
Organ donation saves lives – just ask Brandon Gibson. The 20-year-old Pickering resident was three months old when he was diagnosed with cystic [...]
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A Major Milestone for Heart Transplants
If they weren’t such a modest lot—and if they hadn’t been quite so tired—you might have heard the sounds of celebration at the [...]
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Nurses meet with politicians in the community, and at work
For the last 14 years, registered nurses (RN) have visited Queen’s Park to meet one-on-one with MPPs and cabinet ministers. Dubbed Queen’s Park [...]
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What is the purpose of a Power of Attorney for Personal Care?
A Power of Attorney for Personal Care (“POA”) is a legal document in which an individual can specify who has authority to make [...]
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Leadership, research and renewal at St. Michael’s Hospital
Before I talk about our renewal project at St. Michael’s Hospital, I want to take advantage of this column’s publication in May to [...]
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Behind the Mask
Christine Erickson is no stranger to the operating room. For 10 years she worked as a Perioperative Nurse before embarking upon her current [...]
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Geriatrics and Aging
St. Michael’s Memory Disorders Clinic
When she was in her late 60s, Diana Pritchard began noticing that her memory wasn’t what it used to be. She’d forget to [...]
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Geriatrics and Aging
Home is best: Are you ready?
As the RRSP deadline looms, many Canadians are thinking about retirement planning. Chances are you are wondering whether or not you’ll have enough [...]
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MOVE ON: Why rest is not necessarily best
Although many people believe rest is best during a hospital stay, mobility actually plays a far greater role in recovery. “A lot of [...]
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Palliative Care
RVH’s Cancer and Palliative Care Unit…
Mark Johnston hugged his wife Sheri Lynn, for the last time. She was unaware of the embrace. She was already gone. In the [...]
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Patient Care
Broadening access to specialized care: The growth of telemedicine connects patients to the caregivers
For nearly 13 years, Providence Care has been the hub for telemedicine in southeastern Ontario, connecting patients from distant communities to [...]
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