Monthly Archives: November, 2015

An ER doctor’s experience with long COVID – “My symptoms seemed endless”

On April 2022, another COVID wave was sweeping Toronto. It was the sixth since...

Tackling the issue of unused medication waste

When patients and programs don’t use all the medication that is prescribed, it is...
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Strengthening innovation beyond acute care setting

For those of us in non-acute, community-based health care organizations and specifically, the senior...

An operative approach to health IT implementation

Information technology (IT) advancements in health care have presented many opportunities and challenges as...

Rethinking opioid use

Pain, unfortunately, is all too common. We have a natural aversion to it, and...

Digital health for consumers the next major step

The benefits associated with the use of #digital health, such as improved patient outcomes,...

Moving to the forefront of health care technology

At Mackenzie Health, patients are at the heart of everything we do. As a...

From nursing to policing, and back again

As a police officer in Hamilton, Ingrid Boiago saw hundreds of cases of #elder...

St. Paul’s Hospital implants next generation defibrillator

It delivers a life-saving shock to the heart without ever actually touching it. Doctors...

First Canadian hospital to win prestigious award

It’s been a remarkable 12 months at #Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences...

Keeping COPD patients out of hospital

Living Well education program helps keep #COPD patients out of hospital A program at...

Virtual critical care model wins provincial health award

A new approach to providing critical care in Canada, pioneered in Northeastern Ontario has...

Expanding capacity without adding resources

Hospitals are constantly tasked with the challenge of increasing internal #capacity without compromising existing...

Co-designing home care with clients and their families

Incorporating the insights, ideas and feedback of patients and their family members in the...

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An ER doctor’s experience with long COVID – “My symptoms seemed endless”

On April 2022, another COVID wave was sweeping Toronto. It was the sixth since...

Tackling the issue of unused medication waste

When patients and programs don’t use all the medication that is prescribed, it is...

Obesity a risk factor for stillbirth, especially at term

Obesity is a risk factor for stillbirth, and the risk increases as pregnancy advances...

Prolonged cough? In most cases, patience is the treatment

Coughing after a respiratory infection is common and, in most cases, will resolve with...