eHealth
How Health Care Leaders Can Build a Robust AI Risk Management Framework
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from pilot projects to enterprise-wide deployment in health care. From clinical decision support to revenue cycle optimization, AI promises efficiency and improved outcomes. Yet it also introduces new risks — clinical, operational, ethical and regulatory — that hospital and health leaders cannot afford to...
Nursing
Relearning how to rest in health care
HN Summary• Many health-care professionals struggle to feel restored, even during time off,...
Home Care
Slower-walking seniors at risk for falls benefit most from home-based exercise program
HN Summary• New research shows a home-based strength and balance exercise program can...
Cardiology
HHS one of new hospitals nationwide treating the heart with radiation
HN Summary• Innovative, non-invasive heart treatment: Hamilton Health Sciences is among a small...
News & topics
Mental Health
How health-care professionals can protect their well-being
HN Summary• Burnout is driven by sustained system pressures, emotional labour and chronic overload — not individual weakness.• Early recognition, boundary-setting and organizational support are key to protecting long-term wellbeing.• Preventing burnout helps preserve quality of care, workforce stability and patient safety.Health care is a profession built on compassion,...
Wound Care
Healing wounds through community and continuity of care
HN Summary• Humber River Health’s outpatient Vascular Clinic delivers preventative, community-rooted wound care, providing...
Wound Care
Standardizing Wound Care in Long-Term Care
HN Summary• Chronic wounds are a widespread and costly challenge in long-term care, with...
Wound Care
Antimicrobial Resistance in Wound Care. Rethinking Infection Management for an AMR Smart Future.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top global health threat, with the World Health Organization...
Public Health
Growing pressures facing hospital sector
At recent 2026/27 Pre-Budget Consultations, held by the Ministry of Finance in North York,...
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Emergency Room Wait Times - Why Are They So Long? CEO explains.
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A Canadian surgical first at The Ottawa Hospital using VR technology
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Facilitating Institutional Change - SKIP
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Windsor Regional Hospital Introduces Evolv Detector System
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This is what lab-grown bone looks like
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A.I.D.E.T in action at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medical Imaging
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Wirelessly-powered ‘smart bandage’ could provide drug-free wound care
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First bioresorbable electronic bandage speeds healing by 30%
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Medical Specialties
Diseases
New drug target offers hope in fight against antibiotic-resistant E. coli
A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria — which cause nearly 250,000 deaths...
Mental Health
Are we entering a new era of dementia treatment?
A Q&A with Sunnybrook Neurologists
Over the next five years, researchers estimate that more than...
Research
Patient-led research aims to help others cope with dialysis
Life-saving kidney failure treatment needs to come with mental health care too, study shows.It...
Diseases
Global clinical trial exploring potential treatment for sickle cell disease
HN Summary• SHN is leading a global clinical trial testing tebapivat, an investigational oral therapy for sickle cell disease, with Dr. Kevin Kuo serving as lead investigator and SHN named the first site in Ontario to offer the study.• The trial aims to improve anemia, fatigue, and quality of life for people living with sickle cell disease, assessing both clinical outcomes and patient-reported experiences.• This research reinforces SHN’s role...
Cardiology
Southlake leads global conversation on coronary physiology
HN Summary• Global Recognition for Cardiac Leadership – Southlake Health’s Regional Cardiac Program was selected to perform a live coronary physiology case at the...
NURSING
Nursing
21st Annual Nursing Hero Awards
Celebrating Canada’s Nurses and Their Contributions!
Along with having their story published, Hospital News Nursing Hero Award, and the winners also will take home:
CASH PRIZES: 1st PRIZE $1,500 2nd PRIZE $1000 3rd PRIZE $500Have you been inspired, encouraged or empowered by an employee or a...
Nursing
Survey shows progress in primary care access as Nurse Practitioners help close gaps
The Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO) welcomes findings from the 2025 OurCare National...
Nursing
The Cost of Inaction: Why the OHA’s Resistance to Staffing Ratios Defies Logic
In a recent episode of The Gritty Nurse, I sat down with Michael Hurley,...
Nursing
Nursing Hero Nicholas Fox
Nicholas Fox, Trillium Health PartnersI am privileged to nominate Nicholas Fox for his...
Nursing
Nursing Hero Jackie (Milagros) Marquez
I am writing to nominate my colleague Jackie (Milagros) Marquez as a Nursing Hero...
LONGTERM CARE
Longterm Care
Reimagining hospital care for an aging population
HN Summary• Mackenzie Health is transforming hospital care for older adults, who make up 70% of its inpatients, by investing in specialized seniors-care training,...
Technology and Innovation
Canadian startup launches wearable to improve gait and reduce falls in older adults
PhysioBiometrics Inc. has launched Heel2Toe™, a wearable therapeutic device designed to assess and train...
Home Care
Easy to install and retrofit home emergency call sysytem with EnOcean technology
In care facilities and serviced apartments quick help in an emergency counts. Modern home...
Geriatrics and Aging
Smart wearables for faster cardiac arrest emergency response
Prototypes of smartwatches and rings are driving forward advances in wearable technology that instantly alert emergency personnel.A pioneering study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) researcher Dr. Calvin Kuo and Dr. Mahsa Khalili has demonstrated that consumer wearable technology may hold the...
Cardiology
Heart failure patient recovers at home thanks to a Canadian first at HHS
It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.”That’s how Hamilton resident Peg Kelly describes chest pressure she experienced one night in December,...