An innovative computer program to prioritize surgical procedures at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) has earned the hospital a $10,000 grant from Cancer Care Ontario (CCO). The winning proposal was submitted as part of CCO’s ‘The Operating Room’ competition, which was ...

When eight-year-old Catalina Bursey began complaining of pain in her knees, her parents attributed it to an injury she may have received during one of cheerleading competitions. But when Catalina woke up one morning with pain so unbearable that she couldn’t ...

Thanks to improvements being made to the Rouge Valley Health System musculoskeletal program, fewer staff members at the hospital’s two campuses are experiencing job-related injuries. The most recent statistics show that musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries – typically injuries sustained in the hands, ...

A new initiative that is helping to raise awareness about breast reconstruction after a lumpectomy or mastectomy was recently celebrated at both Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) hospital campuses. National Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day, which was celebrated for the first ...

An innovative approach to patient care at Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) is helping to move ambulatory patients more quickly through the emergency department (ED), while still delivering high quality patient care. The patient navigator, a registered nurse in the ED ...

Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 is a day that 59-year-old Bowmanville resident Gary McCormack won’t soon forget. While watching television that evening with his wife Joan, the father and grandfather suddenly felt a pain in his jaw that soon went to ...

Eight-year old Duncan Rutherford loves getting his “spots.” Every two months the grade two Toronto student undergoes a 20-minute laser treatment at Rouge Valley Health System’s (RVHS) Centenary hospital campus. The treatments help to significantly fade the large red discolouration of ...

A 78-year-old woman is admitted to Rouge Valley Centenary (RVC) with pneumonia. Two days later, as she lies in her hospital bed, her nurse notices that she appears disoriented. When she examines her, she sees that the patient is having ...

No one has to explain the value of faster emergency cardiac care to Durham resident Kaleem Salam. Getting treated quickly for his heart attack this spring has meant everything to the 49-year-old. Just one day after a special cardiac care ...

Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) is the winner of the 2009 Innovation Award for Innovations in Health Human Resources. The $10,000 achievement grant was presented by Deb Matthews, minister of health and long-term care, during a health conference by the ...