The evolution of radiology in Canadian healthcare

As the development of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate, it is becoming increasingly evident that these cutting-edge solutions hold immense potential for enhancing radiology and the broader healthcare sector. Not only can AI significantly improve workflows, thereby boosting productivity, but it also presents a viable solution for addressing...

Free, innovative tool to empower Canadian caregivers

Baycrest has launched the Canadian Caregiver Assessment and Resource Tool (C-CART), a free...

The Importance of Long-Term Disability Coverage for Part-Time Healthcare Workers

In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, professionals face unique challenges that can impact...

AI tools to ease administrative burdens in ER

Unity Health Toronto has received $200 thousand in funding from Toronto Innovation Acceleration...

News & topics

Behind the research: How a next-generation helmet could revolutionize focused ultrasound

In 2015, Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) scientists and clinicians performed a world-first: They successfully and non-invasively opened the blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy into the brain tumour of a patient using MRI-guided focused ultrasound. The procedure – which was part of a clinical trial – hailed a new frontier...

Early Talent, Big Impact: Powering the Future of Healthcare Technology Innovation

Rapid innovations in technology, particularly AI, have many worried that machines will threaten their...

Mission critical: Maximizing safety in emergency departments

Managing violent patients in hospitals is a growing concern, particularly in emergency departments where...

PTSD patients can benefit just as much from intensive outpatient programs as from inpatient clinics

Keeping patients in their community during treatment can be as effective as being isolated...

Young men who vape may be at greater risk for future heart disease

E-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, contain nicotine and various chemicals, including some used for...
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First-of-its-kind trial tests MDMA for treatment of chronic nerve pain

St. Michael’s Hospital researcher is launching a first-of-its-kind global trial to test the impact of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, on chronic nerve pain...

How Peer Support empowers “our kind of nursing” at SickKids

The Peer Support and Trauma Response program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)...

Headwaters Health Care Centre opens modern, renovated hemodialysis unit

Headwaters Health Care Centre and Headwaters Health Care Foundation are pleased to announce the...

UHN researchers deploy VR in search for enhanced care solutions

Imagine hearing your father singing the tunes of Jacques Brel, one of the most influential chanson singers and songwriters of the 20th century, after years of silence. A virtual tour of Paris succeeded where other interventions had failed. “His family was laughing so hard nurses stopped by the hospital room to see if everything was okay,” said Dr. Lora Appel, a KITE affiliate scientist, who leads UHN’s Prescribing Virtual Reality (VRx)...

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Scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency, is not just an 18th-century seafarers’ disease, as a case study of a 65-year-old woman with mobility issues and...

NURSING

Boost to nurse practitioner program supports primary health care

Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the University of Victoria this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor. New funding of $532,500 from the BC...

Canadian Pediatric Nursing Standards

The Canadian Association of Pediatric Nurses (CAPN) is a national network of nurses passionate...

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Coming out of the pandemic, Canada’s health care system found many new challenges and...

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LONGTERM CARE

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n an episode of the popular Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” Frankie (played by the formidable Lily Tomlin) is navigating a world built for...

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After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his stomach, John Schonewille, then 66, had begun to despair that...