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Southlake Acknowledged at Provincial and National Levels
for Quality and Innovation
Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, has been recognized with two recent awards for its outstanding dedication to quality, and its leadership in implementing innovative technology for the benefit of its patients and the overall healthcare system. “Within a period ...
Southlake Acknowledged at Provincial and National Levels
for Quality and Innovation
Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, has been recognized with two recent awards for its outstanding dedication to quality, and its leadership in implementing innovative technology for the benefit of its patients and the overall healthcare system. “Within a period ...
New Diagnostic Imaging Suite at Southlake provides the
best in precision diagnostics and treatment
Keswick resident Dillon McCarthy has a renewed sense of hope that he will be able to continue doing the activities he loves – like taking regular walks – thanks to the opening of the newly redeveloped Diagnostic Imaging Interventional Radiology ...
Taking a breath and gaining a new life
Few of us get to experience a moment in our lives like Sheila Scott did, the moment her life began all over again. For Sheila, that moment took place in the most unlikely spot, knee deep in the beautiful blue ...
First-of-its-kind book helps parents detect
eating disorders
After two decades of specializing in healthcare for children and teens with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, two Toronto-area specialists have found a way to make it easier for parents to play a key role in their children’s ...
First hospital in Canada introduces portable video
translation service for patients
Communicating with hospital staff, physicians, volunteers and students isn’t always easy if English is not your first language. At Southlake Regional Health Centre, it means some patients have to rely on others to communicate on their behalf. They can bring ...
Older patients get ‘HELP’ from Southlake volunteers
Volunteers at Newmarket-based Southlake Regional Health Centre are making a positive difference in the quality of care for older patients through a program that was introduced in April of this year. As part of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) – ...
Hospital staff fostering innovation to increase hand
hygiene rates
With awareness regarding hospital-based infection rates on the rise, it is now more important than ever for health-care workers to clean their hands at the right moments. Southlake Regional Health Centre’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) department recognizes that the threat ...
New process reduces emergency department wait times and
enhances patient care
The morning of Friday, July 8, 2011 started off like any other morning for Marlo Chartland, until later that evening when she was struck with extreme abdominal pain. The pain was so unbearable that she was taken to Southlake Regional ...
Ontario cardiac team celebrates north american first
Newmarket, Ontario-based Southlake Regional Health Centre is the first centre in North America to use a revolutionary technology that makes it easier to connect with human tissue when guiding catheters into the heart to treat problem areas, reducing patient risk ...
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