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A North American first at the Montreal Heart Institute
An innovative procedure called an aortic valve annuloplasty was successfully carried out at the Montreal Heart Institute saving the life of a young man in his thirties. This North American first was performed by cardiac surgeon Dr. Ismail El-Hamamsy, who ...
Innovative surgical procedure taught to doctors
around world
Dr. John Webb and his colleagues at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital are making open-heart surgery a thing of the past, saving the lives of patients not viable for conventional heart surgery, such as former Vancouver city councilor and Order of ...
New research program investigates leading cause of death
for women
Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established the first research program in B.C. to focus on the impact of gender-based differences on cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) – the UBC Heart and Stroke Foundation ...
A new approach to cardiac rehabilitation and
secondary prevention
Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention (CRSP) is a specialized component of chronic vascular disease care. By integrating structured behaviour change interventions like diet, exercise, and smoking cessation, with medical and case management, these components can decrease cardiac mortality by 20-25 ...
Life-saving cardiac program celebrates
one-year anniversary
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 ...
Cardiac surgery world first Pacemaker complication
repaired using minimally invasive surgery
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is proud to announce a world first. LHSC’s cardiac surgery team successfully performed an emergency surgery to repair a hole in a patient’s heart caused by a pacemaker complication using the DaVinci robot. On February 15, ...
A technology pioneered at the Montreal Heart Institute
chills heart back into rhythm
On March 30, 2011, the electrophysiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used cryoablation (ablation using cold) to treat a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, and one associated with significant morbidity. The ...
Study finds most people who have a stroke wait too long
for treatment
The first major national Canadian study on the quality of stroke care in Canada finds there is significant work to be done to improve prevention, treatment and recovery from stroke. The study, released by the Canadian Stroke Network, one of ...
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 ...
Heart transplant recipient has faith in
biomarker research
While health probably does not rank high among the concerns of most typical teenagers, Tyler Smith spent most of his young adult life wondering what was wrong with his. For five years, 19 year-old Tyler suffered from asthma-like symptoms. He ...
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The first comprehensive recycling program in British Columbia health care
The Lower Mainland Recycling Renewal project is the first of its kind for BC health authorities. Previous recycling efforts at most of our [...]
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An analysis of NICU departmental ‘Plan Typologies’ in a single room care model
As the single room care model becomes the norm in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit planning and design, the single rooms can be arranged [...]
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Implementation of ePatient Record improves quality of care
As the implementation of electronic patient record (ePR) begins at Providence Care in Kingston, examination of current processes and planning for future processes [...]
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St. Joseph’s electronic patient records focus on improving quality of care
St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto is excited about our progress to date as we enter the later stages of Phase 2 of our [...]
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Operating Room Supply Chain: Want OR efficiency? Learn to find best locations for supplies
Pilot study finds key supply chain projects like optimizing your OR inventory can reduce costs and improve staff satisfaction. This is the second [...]
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Bringing local food to health care food service
Often the struggle for health care food service is balancing a variety of dietary needs with tight budgets. This delicate balance can make [...]
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Integrating maternal-child data for all births in Ontario
On the campus of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), recent privacy software innovations have been united with a clinical database to [...]
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Canada’s oldest avatars: Making healthcare smarter
Homes and condos wired with sensors and remotely monitored by clinicians could signal a whole new approach to healthcare that gives Canadian seniors [...]
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Virtual Emergency Room: Using technology to reach kids in crisis
Every year, thousands of youth experience a mental health crisis, yet Ontario’s Wait Time Strategy data shows that these children can wait up [...]
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Getting to Green: Sustainable health care training
Canada’s first sustainable health care training workshop was successfully launched recently at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital thanks to funding support from Johnson & [...]
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Facilities Management and Design
Are you ready for the unexpected? Steps to help develop an effective contingency plan
We all know that the unexpected usually happens at the most inconvenient times. Be prepared for these situations by working with a trusted [...]
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Going better than green for cleaning
The cost of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s) to both the patient and the bottom line is staggering for hospitals. Patients attend a hospital [...]
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On the record: Technology improves patient care
The opening of a new family doctor clinic. The purchase of the latest device for a hospital diagnostic imaging department. The recruitment of [...]
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Ten year milestone reached by lung transplant recipient
Last year, 2011 was an excellent year for Brittany Henry. At 24 years of age, she was still alive. And well enough to [...]
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Bringing improved patient safety and the latest evidence to the bedside
Patient safety at North York General Hospital (NYGH) received a major boost with the launch of bold technology that is reducing medication errors [...]
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Green Clinical Academic Campus is golden
Last fall, the Clinical Academic Campus (CAC) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) was recognized as Kelowna’s first LEED Canada Gold certified building. KGH [...]
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Greening the operating room
The Scarborough Hospital is being lauded as a leader in demonstrating a serious commitment to going green and using reusable textiles in [...]
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Addictions and Drugs
Drug information systems protect patients from drug interactions
It’s an easy scenario to imagine. A man consults his doctor for a particular condition. The doctor writes a prescription. Sometime later that [...]
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Disease management requires technology―and an attitude change
Multiple chronic conditions are reaching epidemic proportions and putting an unprecedented financial and logistical strain on our health care system. Chronic conditions in [...]
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