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Archive for January, 2012
Care close to home for the tiniest and most
fragile residents
Yvette Gabovic-Dahlke cuddles her tiny son as she gently rocks back and forth in the hospital rocking chair. Her eyes rarely leave the precious bundle. With his little head nestled in her neck and his eyes closed in slumber, it ...
Lawson researchers engineer a switch to tame
aggressive cancers
When cancers become aggressive and spread they are the most deadly. Unfortunately, little is known about how to stop this development. A new imaging platform developed by Lawson Health Research Institute’s Drs. Ann Chambers and John Lewis is providing insight ...
Scarborough Hospital surgeon demonstrates unique
procedure to Chilean doctors
It is a very rare procedure – only three surgeons in Canada are doing it – and Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Jim Rathbun of The Scarborough Hospital is considered a world leader. It’s the Oxford domed lateral partial knee operative technique, ...
Reducing client-handling musculoskeletal disorders
Providence Healthcare is a leading Toronto health care facility that offers rehabilitation, palliative care, outpatient clinics and services, caregiver support and long-term care. Providence is the perfect example of an organization taking steps to make their workplace safer for employees ...
Healthy hospital committee puts heart into health care
It takes a lot of courage to acknowledge your weakness. Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is a hospital determined to create a high performance culture with courage and hope. Following a series of consistently low employee engagement surveys, the hospital ...
A hidden truth: Hostility in healthcare
A nurse rolls her eyes when you ask her for help. A new nurse is given the most difficult patient on the floor so others can, “See what she’s made of.” A circulator doesn’t tell the scrub nurse that the ...
Keeping fit in a high-stress environment
The first doctor I ever knew had his jet-black hair slicked back in a way that made him look like Dracula. For many years my younger sister and I went to him for checkups. His hair aside, what I remember ...
Fraser Health enhances info for surgical patients
including Soonest Surgery Tool
The Soonest Surgery Tool predicts the five surgeons in Fraser Health most likely able to perform a specific surgical procedure sooner than others. This tool is just one of the features in a new section of Fraser Health’s website that ...
Bluewater Health opens new cancer care assessment and
treatment centre
Just imagine...it might be cancer. The prospect of a cancer diagnosis is perhaps one of the most anxious times anyone could face. Cancer care can be fraught with diagnostic procedures, appointment and treatment delays, fear of the unknown and a complicated ...
Stop talking, start doing: The pursuit of wellness while
you work
Happiness is a skill. One day. Twenty-four hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds. How much time do you dedicate to your own happiness in one day? For Velta Vikmanis, at least 30 minutes. Vikmanis, Coordinator, Nursing Transitions and Commitment, University Health Network (UHN), wears many hats while ...
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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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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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Geriatrics and Aging
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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