Facilities Management and Design

Southlake Acknowledged at Provincial and National Level
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 ...

Posted: February 24, 2013|Facilities Management and Design|0 comments

Preparing health care facilities for climate change and extreme weather
Preparing health care facilities for climate change and
extreme weather

Climate change and natural disaster preparedness are topics of growing interest and concern for health care facilities in Canada. These are two of the most critical areas in which facility planning and management need to take into account how a ...

Posted: February 23, 2013|Facilities Management and Design|0 comments

Providence Manor demonstrates care and efficiency in “Code Green” emergency evacuation exercise
Providence Manor demonstrates care and efficiency in
“Code Green” emergency evacuation exercise

Whether it’s an overheating electrical device, a worn out wire or a stove left unattended – a fire can occur from many unforeseen circumstances.  That is why it is extremely important to be aware of your surroundings and know how ...


Runnymede Healthcare Centre Leading the Way in Facilities Management
Runnymede Healthcare Centre Leading the Way in
Facilities Management

  Runnymede Healthcare Centre received an overall score of 96 per cent in a rigorous audit assessing the hospital’s commitment to high quality standards and performance in the delivery of support services, such as housekeeping and laundry. The audit was the final ...


St Joseph’s Hospital: A new look for a new era of care
St Joseph’s Hospital: A new look for a new era of care

  St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario is getting a make-over – peeling back the old layers to reveal a brand new modern look.  The next time you visit the hospital, you’ll be greeted by a sleek, new look, and a ...

Posted: February 13, 2013|Facilities Management and Design|0 comments

Putting the fun back in fundraising
Putting the fun back in fundraising

By day, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) Dr. Jim Delaney and Dr. Scott McKenzie are mild-mannered, scrub-wearing, scalpel-holding orthopedic surgeons and Dr. Paul Wilson spends long days treating patients in a very busy emergency department. But at night, Delaney puts ...


New emergency department opens in Barrie
New emergency department opens in Barrie

In the wee hours of Saturday, June 9, the doors were shut and the lights turned off as emergency department staff at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie said “Goodbye” to their last patient in the old ...


Canadian initiative helps strengthen emergency care in Haiti
Canadian initiative helps strengthen emergency care
in Haiti

Picture a hospital. Ambulances race into the ER, doctors perform life-saving surgery, nurses wrap casts and machines beep. Now imagine if the hospital had nothing but bare walls and a ceiling. How do you turn this space into a hospital ...


Practice makes perfect for Lakeridge Health’s code responders
Practice makes perfect for Lakeridge Health’s
code responders

An overhead page “Mock Code Grey, Diagnostic Imaging” is heard throughout Lakeridge Health Bowmanville.  Immediately clinical staff grab their department’s Code Manual to find out what they have to do. Some quickly jump into leadership positions – thriving on the ...


New Respiratory Unit at Royal Victoria Hospital
New Respiratory Unit at Royal Victoria Hospital

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) new Respiratory Unit recently welcomed its very first patient. Doreen Beamish, 80, from Barrie was the first person to be admitted to the new 32-bed unit where she was greeted by the enthusiastic and ...


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