William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level transformation project that helps decrease transfers from long-term care homes to Emergency Departments (ED) – the PoET Southwest Spread Project (PSSP). The first of its kind, this study evaluates the impact of an ethics-based intervention...

Premature deaths related to opioids doubled between 2019 and 2021 across Canada, with...

A 37-year-old man collapses on a golf course. He’s rushed by ambulance to...

In a world where an implantable electrode can reduce the number and intensity...

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems. Integrating electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR) to a cloud-based platform is the way of the future as this medium offers more security, better scalability and improved functionality in the overall health...

VICTORIA, BC, April 10, 2024 - The Mercy Ships Canada Board of Directors and...

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

Humber River Health (Humber) has identified a core priority of delivering comprehensive, quality care...

In a Canadian first, Dr. George Athwal at St. Joseph’s Health Care London has...

Nasal-administered naloxone is more cost-effective and could help reduce the number of opioid-related fatalities compared to the current publicly funded intermuscular version, a new study has...

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered remotely, with therapist guidance, appears to be as effective as in-person therapy for a range of mental health problems, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “The World Health Organization has designated CBT as essential health care, but access remains an important barrier for many people in Canada. Our findings suggest that therapist-guided, remotely delivered CBT can be used to facilitate...

On April 2022, another COVID wave was sweeping Toronto. It was the sixth since the March 2020 declaration of a pandemic due to the...

The current nursing shortage, which the Canadian Nurses Association predicted in 2009 would be at 60,000 by 2022, has peaked well beyond that number in 2024. In 2022, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions quoted a study that...

Crowded hospitals, long wait times and nurse burnout have become common news stories, reinforcing...

With more than 500 fellows, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) Advanced Clinical...

Agnes Leung and Tram Nguyen were excited for a new professional development opportunity. The two...

Introduced during the pandemic, this support service became an invaluable resource for health care...

Memories of the tragedy in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) homes from the pandemic are fading all too fast.  However, this tragedy was not an...

Ethel McGuire has lived in the same East Toronto apartment building for 30 years. For the last 25, she has been the building manager. For Ethel, looking out for the seniors in the building is a natural part of her role. “Just over eight years...

According to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, caregivers provide approximately 75 per cent of the care delivered in our healthcare system,...