Archive for March, 2010
Get Moving keeps seniors active
Health-care professionals know about the frustration experienced by seniors when they can’t get around as they once did. With our aging population and the fact that Boomers themselves are now turning 60, the importance of maintaining an active lifestyle has ...
Clinician Teacher Program addresses rheumatology shortage
Canada faces an arthritis crisis. While the prevalence of arthritis is already too high, it’s predicted to get much worse. By 2030, approximately 7 million or one in five Canadian adults will be struggling with arthritis. At the same time, ...
Handle with Care – Osteoporosis patients benefit from
education and health promotion through COPE Clinic
According to Osteoporosis Canada, as many as two million Canadians suffer from osteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue. As the only clinic of its kind in West Toronto, the Community Osteoporosis ...
Patient Portal provides self-management tools to
improve wellness
ROAM Patient Portal is an access solution that is used by hospitals, provincial health-care organizations and doctors’ offices for a wide range of applications including diabetes management, stroke prevention, smoking cessation and wellness initiatives. A recently released version of ...
Lakeridge Health’s Pinewood Centre helps improve
lives one needle at a time
Over the years, John* waged a private battle with the bottle, but when he began abusing prescription medication, the retired police officer knew it was time to seek professional help. Today, he’s enjoying one of his longest periods of sobriety ...
At Women’s College Hospital, equity is more than
an idea
Women’s College Hospital was born in 1911 so that medically trained women could practice medicine at a time when it was not possible anywhere else. Since then – for nearly a century – the hospital has remained committed to ...
Be aware and be well: Promoting colon health
Colon cancer. Ten years ago, no one talked about it. Today, awareness among Ontarians has increased dramatically due in part to an aggressive awareness campaign by Cancer Care Ontario. More than 7,000 people walked through a forty foot long ...
Wellspring partners with hospital to bring hope to
breast cancer care
In the mammography waiting area at St. Joseph’s Health Care, London is a vibrant reminder of hope. Colourful works of art painted on acrylic panels appear as stained glass where patients wait for their tests. But what makes the art ...
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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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Columns
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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Oncology
Bridging the distance Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre uses e-health technologies to support colorectal cancer patients in the community
Peter Duffy turns 68 this year. He and wife Rita will likely celebrate with a special bottle of champagne because the occasion marks [...]
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