With the rise of physician burnout in the wake of the pandemic and ongoing Health Human Resources (HHR) challenges, physicians in Canada are increasingly adopting electronic tools to alleviate unnecessary clinical burdens, building a more Connected Care system. The 2024 National Survey of Canadian Physicians, led in partnership by Canada...

It was a dramatic first for both the patient and his care team. Just...

Can artificial intelligence (AI) help reduce deaths in hospital? An AI-based system was...

Study shows that despite some improvements, potentially inappropriate medications are still heavily prescribed...

Drip. Drip. Drip.  Simon is lying in a hospital bed after a successful abdominal surgery. Listening to the steady drip of the intravenous (IV) pump, he wonders whether he’s getting the right medication. What’s worse, he wonders, “what if the dose is wrong? What happens then?”  He resigns himself to the...

New V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing Makes Negative Pressure Wound Therapy More Accessible, Less...

At the beginning of this year, St. Joseph’s became one of Canada’s first academic...

Traveling can be one of life’s greatest pleasures, but it can also come with...

A new deep learning model could help hotline counsellors use appropriate intervention strategies Speech is...

Dr. Cesar Marquez-Chin has been preparing for the future ever since he watched Star Wars for the first time.  Growing up in Mexico City, the...

It’s been seven months since Daniel Hook had successful surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a condition where there is swelling or ballooning in the aorta. Known as a “ticking time bomb” because it can grow undetected for years, AAA is usually deadly if the aortic aneurysm ruptures or bursts. Hook’s AAA was discovered by clinicians at St. Michael’s, who performed an emergency surgery...

You brought this on yourself with poor eating habits and bad lifestyle choices.”  If you or someone you know has diabetes, you have likely heard...

Coming out of the pandemic, Canada’s health care system found many new challenges and many new nurses in hospital wards. This created a need for learning opportunities that The Michener Centre for Post-Graduate Nursing Education (Michener CNE) has stepped up to provide. “With a more...

As healthcare professionals, we are acutely aware of the challenges facing Ontario’s healthcare system....

Infoway has conducted the fourth national survey of Canadian nurses on the use of...

In the heart of Holland Centre, you will find an inspiring and cheerful nurse...

I am writing in strong support of Ms. Bonnie Kissick Nurse for Nursing Hero...

Of course your mother wants to stay in her own home. She’s lived there for 60 years, from when you and your siblings were...

After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his stomach, John Schonewille, then 66, had begun to despair that he might never be able to enjoy the everyday pleasure of eating again. Robbed of his ability to swallow by...

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...