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Nurses’ navigation gets two thumbs up from
cancer patient
It was the kind of picture Sue Stein would love to see from all of her cancer patients. In the photo was Art Lochead, an 85-year-old grandpa from Forest, Ont., who recently underwent numerous rounds of chemo and radiation for lung ...
Easing the cancer journey
RNs who work as patient navigators ensure those diagnosed with cancer aren’t left feeling lost or forgotten in Ontario’s health care system. Over a year ago, Krista Vance’s life spun out of control. In the spring of 2010, she began bleeding ...
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Music Therapy Comforts Cancer Patients
Tomoko Okumura wields the power of music and uses it for the good of others. At the Juravinski Cancer Centre (JCC), Tomoko has [...]
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TARGetting kids for a healthier future
Imagine being able to predict – and prevent – whether a 2-year-old will be at risk of developing high cholesterol and suffering from [...]
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Innovation leads to better efficiency, improved patient care in Rouge Valley Chemotherapy Clinic
Technology being used in Rouge Valley Health System’s chemotherapy clinic is helping to improve efficiency, accuracy and patient care. One simple solution is [...]
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Second MRI Offers Flexibility at Mackenzie Health
MRI scans have become vital diagnostic tools for hospitals around the world. Without exposing patients to radiation, MRI scans can show more precise [...]
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Heart in Hand boutique helps women recovering from cancer
Shelley Gable and I opened Heart in Hand Boutique in the fall of 2012 when we both saw a need for a one [...]
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New Xenon Polarizer in place to advance imaging research
On Friday, April 26, the Honourable Reza Moridi, Ontario’s Minister of Research and Innovation, viewed the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute’s (TBRRI) xenon [...]
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Work to be done to improve patient safety in paediatrics
We go to great lengths to protect our children, doing our best to keep them safe from harm. Unfortunately, more than nine per [...]
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Getting the Facts on Genetic Testing
Angelina Jolie’s recent editorial in the New York Times resulted in a whirlwind of discussion. Her announcement to decide to undergo a double [...]
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Progress against Cancer
It’s been three years since Bluewater Health first saw an opportunity to transform its cancer program and refocus priorities on the needs of [...]
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Millennials help scientists transform breast cancer research
What compels a twelve year old to commit to a five-year research study? It’s a mixture of cool and curiosity. Just ask Mackenzie [...]
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Annual meeting of nurses: A grand event
In April, about 650 RNs and nursing students attended the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) annual general meeting (AGM). There was praise [...]
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Improving the paediatric day surgery patient experience
In January of 2012, Registered Nurse Halona Scott of London Health Science Centre was challenged with finding a way to give teary-eyed children [...]
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Cord blood from Canada’s new national public cord blood bank will help save more lives
After Amy and Mike Lupton’s son, Nate, was born on April 7, 2010, he was diagnosed with Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome, a rare immune [...]
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A Year in the Life: How Local Cancer Care Made All the Difference for Nina Ruberto
Two days after her 40th birthday, Nina Ruberto was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. That’s the day, she said, that [...]
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NICU at North Bay Regional Health Centre: Caring for our smallest patients
When Kristen Roy’s water broke at 34 weeks, she didn’t quite believe it. “I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t even think [...]
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New mental health safety standard may impact employers’ duties related to employee mental health
Recent studies have shown that one in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, and that mental health is the [...]
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Responding to a Sentinel Event: Why having a policy in place is critical
People ask me – what is the most difficult part of your day to day job as a Hospital CEO? For me, responding [...]
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Lots of support needs, lots of choices: what’s best to do?
Families across Canada are more and more facing a dilemma: how to ensure aging parents and other loved ones have the kind of [...]
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‘Why didn’t my daughter’s therapist check with me about this counselling?”
Gone are the days when healthcare practitioners needed to recall the legal age of consent for treatment –18, 12, 9, 15? In most [...]
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St. Joe’s makes speech-language therapy fun for our youngest patients
Does your toddler seem tongue-tied? Don’t worry – they’re not alone. Speech and language delays are a common issue for many Canadian kids, [...]
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