Building a hospital is no easy task. Ensuring the facility is fully equipped to diagnose and treat patients adds many layers of complexity. This was the challenge facing Maria Vuono and her colleagues at Niagara Health System (NHS) as it embarked ...

You may have learned about the valour of Canadian soldiers after watching Canadian actor Paul Gross in the 2008 film Passchendaele. Maybe you learned of the historic battle in school along with Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Somme - ...

Small rural hospitals across Ontario continue to struggle with the challenges of delivering efficient and effective high quality health services in an increasingly technological and complex health system. As a result of this changing reality, small rural hospitals, like Markham ...

FOCUS: Operating Room Supply Chain Creating better supply chain data can save you several hundred thousand dollars: New OHA guide shows how. This is the third installment of a three-part series examining various aspects of OR supply chain improvement projects, based on ...

In London Ontario St. Joseph’s Hospital is taking it to the next level by thinking green in its final phase of redevelopment, part of a greater initiative set out in 1997 to integrate London’s hospital system and build on St. ...

Medications across all in-patient areas of Trillium Health Centre, are being delivered in less time and with less risk of error, thanks to the implementation of a new, innovative electronic pharmacy system. The unique system – which was recently installed at ...

The Lower Mainland Recycling Renewal project is the first of its kind for BC health authorities. Previous recycling efforts at most of our hospitals have been uncoordinated and largely lacked appropriate support. To date, any recycling that exists in the ...

As the single room care model becomes the norm in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit planning and design, the single rooms can be arranged in a variety of configurations which have direct impacts on patient care delivery, operational efficiency and cost. Parkin ...

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto is excited about our progress to date as we enter the later stages of Phase 2 of our eCare project, which is one of our largest clinical undertakings in our hospital’s 90 year history. This ...

Pilot study finds key supply chain projects like optimizing your OR inventory can reduce costs and improve staff satisfaction. This is the second installment of a three-part series examining various aspects of OR supply chain improvement projects, based on the Ontario ...