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Safe Medication

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

Common examples of opioids include morphine, hydromorphone, and fentanyl, etc. When taken as instructed for pain, opioids are deemed safe. However, the potential risk...

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

A year of remarkable achievements

Mental health in long-term care and assisted living: help shape the new standard

Fast-ED initiative improving operational efficiency

From The CEO's Desk

From the CEO's Desk

A year of remarkable achievements

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

Managing mental health while living with diabetes

Evidence Matters

Evidence Matters

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

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?

Emergency care without the emergency department: Treat and release programs

Wound Care

Wound Care

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

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

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

Infection Control

Infection Control

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

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?

An innovative partnership proves effective at reducing infections

Nursing Pulse

Nursing Pulse

Survey finds Ontario is at risk of greater loss of care

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

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

Innovation

Technology and Innovation

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

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

Project to improve patient monitoring in the icu has promising initial results

Improved treatment for patients with kidney failure

MEDICINE BY SPECIALITY

Surgery

A ‘black box’ to assess and train expert surgical teams

Just like the airline industry has a black box to learn from, hospitals can now use recordings taken during surgical procedures to help train...

New extensive needs program wraps care around patient and his family

New study finds subgroups of kids with similar brain patterns do not share diagnostic labels

E-HEALTH

eHealth

Opening keynote Dr. Kaveh Safavi announced for eHealth Conference 2023

The role of digital and technology on our future workforce: Reinvention to build a future-ready healthcare  The opening keynote at e-Health 2023 Conference and Tradeshow...

Understanding Privacy’s Role in Enabling Interoperability

e-Health 2022 announces program lineup


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