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Diagnostic Imaging Repositories: Provincial strategy
begins with regional successes
Many jurisdictions are migrating from film and paper-based diagnostic images such as hospital-based CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs, mammograms and x-rays, to digital formats. The rationale – digital images are more easily shared among health care providers enabling clinicians to make ...
New imaging agent has an appetite for dangerous
prostate tumors
Non-invasive imaging detects prostate cancer earlier than ever before, but can’t accurately distinguish between malignant and benign disease. According to Lawson Health Research Institute’s Drs. John Lewis and Len Luyt, a new molecular imaging probe could be the answer. Ghrelin is ...
York Central Hospital enhances services for
high-risk pregnancies
To enhance the care to patients with high-risk pregnancies, York Central Hospital, in Richmond Hill, Ontario recently enhanced its Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) services. By consolidating these services in a beautiful, newly renovated clinic, patients experience a more calm, restful ...
Scientists put patient care first: World class genetic
screening facility in Canada
We’re in this together. And I’m not referring to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute’s (CHEO RI) innovative genetic screening lab - although more on that in a minute. I mean it takes a village to operate an ...
Screening is the best defence against colorectal cancer
Mark Wilson didn't have to have a medical degree to know that something was horribly wrong with him. The blood in his stool said it all. With a strong family history of colorectal cancer, Wilson assumed the worst and was prepared to ...
Regional patients benefit from new high risk breast
screening program
Lori Beth Vickery is among one of the first patients to participate in the new high risk breast screening program at Kitchener’s Grand River Hospital (GRH). In July 2011, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) expanded to include women who are ...
New diagnostic assessment program launched in London and
Owen Sound
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” This quote, penned by the late John Lennon, resonates with Carole Hanks. Carole understands how easy it can be to get caught up in daily activities and dismiss ...
An inside look: St. Joseph’s Hospital in London is one
of few centres in Canada performing
endoscopic ultrasound.
For more than 15 years, John Gamba has put up with bouts of light-headedness, numb lips and tongue, confusion, seeing spots, feeling week and other worrisome, often debilitating, symptoms. Visits to the emergency department and specialists in Sault St. Marie turned ...
New diagnostic assessment program launched in London and
Owen Sound
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” This quote, penned by the late John Lennon, resonates with Carole Hanks. Carole understands how easy it can be to get caught up in daily activities and dismiss ...
Biomarkers to diagnose and prevent ‘lung attacks’
that can kill
Vivianne Toupin knows firsthand just how deadly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be. In her lifetime, three of her family members have succumbed to COPD - a disease which damages the airways and air sacs of the lungs, making ...
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Education and Professional Development
Search on for outstanding senior volunteers
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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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