Monthly Archives: November, 2014

Common drug interactions with over-the-counter medications

TJ, a 45-year-old male with symptoms of a common cold (sore throat, headache, runny...

Easing the Transition to the Cloud. Modernizing made simple with integration support.

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems....
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Infection control: How to educate and motivate

For most health care workers, infection control is a topic that doesn’t generate much...

New portal enhances patient safety

One of the main barriers to enhancing patient safety is the failure to learn...

Healthcare that (almost) makes house calls

A cancer diagnosis can be traumatic for not only the patient but also family...

Ultraviolet and HVAC: Keys to reducing hospital acquired infections

The use of ultraviolet light systems is becoming more widely used in healthcare facilities...

Hospitals weigh-in on flu shot or wear a mask policies

More than voluntary and less than mandatory: What some hospitals have learned so far...

Patient satisfaction is served

Patient experience surveys in Ontario consistently find a link between satisfaction with hospital food...

Proton Pump Inhibitors: Are we doing no harm?

Ongoing stomach and digestive problems can be miserable for patients – and are a...

Putting patients at the helm of symptom management

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) is completing the Systemic Therapy Ambulatory Toxicity Management (AToM) Pilot...

Defining the patient experience

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would choose a hospital stay over...

Meal-time patient hand hygiene initiative shows promise

The recently launched meal-time patient hand hygiene initiative at Quinte Health Care (QHC) is...

The power of people: Enhancing the patient experience

As health care workers and leaders, it’s our job to provide expert, compassionate care...

A comprehensive approach to enhance patient experience

When Gordon Newman was invited to join William Osler Health System’s (Osler) Patient Experience...

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Common drug interactions with over-the-counter medications

TJ, a 45-year-old male with symptoms of a common cold (sore throat, headache, runny...

Easing the Transition to the Cloud. Modernizing made simple with integration support.

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems....

Rovolutionizing geriatric care: Meet Canada’s leading Universal Health Hub (UHH)

Universal Health Hub (UHH) is the only Health Care Organization in Canada which is...

National efforts to guide safe, effective, and equitable use of opioids for quality pain management in children

No one should experience untreated pain. Yet, in Canada, two out of three children...