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Inspiration to create agricultural program for people living with dementia came from family experience

September 27, 2023

Rebekah Churchyard’s grandfather was diagnosed with dementia at age 63. A former Christmas tree farmer, he found himself with little to do and increasingly...

The Importance of Providing Health Benefits in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

September 25, 2023

Opioid stewardship: Its role in patient/medication safety and pain management

September 21, 2023

Virtual appointments with family doctors did not lead to more emergency department visits during pandemic

September 20, 2023

A year of remarkable achievements

September 19, 2023

From The CEO's Desk

From the CEO's Desk

A year of remarkable achievements

September 19, 2023

What an incredible year it’s been since I became President and CEO of Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in June 2022. I’m more...

My social work background serves me well as hospital CEO

August 23, 2023

Managing mental health while living with diabetes

June 29, 2023

Evidence Matters

Searching for evidence to help navigate the path forward for virtual care

November 2, 2022

By Krista Kaminski and Barbara Greenwood Dufour Virtual care is quickly transforming the Canadian health care system. Virtual care can be defined as any...

Evolving care models for people with HIV: How might a primary care approach affect health outcomes?

October 6, 2022

Emergency care without the emergency department: Treat and release programs

September 1, 2022

Wound Care

Programmable 3D printed wound dressing could improve treatment for burn, cancer patients

June 23, 2023

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and...

Wound debridement

February 16, 2023

Creating the “Sharing Circle” website : Providing culturally safe information to support wound, ostomy and continence care in Indigenous communities

February 2, 2023

Infection Control

First hospital in the world to purchase Indigenous supplied, branded medical gloves

August 18, 2023

A unique partnership initiated by Niagara Health has led to a global first while putting the hospital on the path toward economic reconciliation with...

Why is hand hygiene so important?

July 11, 2023

An innovative partnership proves effective at reducing infections

May 19, 2023

Nursing Pulse

Survey finds Ontario is at risk of greater loss of care

August 17, 2023

he Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN) is sounding the alarm, with new findings from their annual survey, “The State of Nursing in...

Black nurses leading change

March 2, 2023

Results of nursing survey point to an alarming exodus from the profession following the pandemic

April 26, 2021

Innovation

Technology and Innovation

Virtual appointments with family doctors did not lead to more emergency department visits during pandemic

September 20, 2023

Family physicians who provided more virtual care did not have more patients visit emergency departments (ED) compared to family physicians who saw more patients...