Yearly Archives: 2016

Physical activity quality over quantity benefits people with disability

In a first-of-its-kind study, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis...

Research awards support introduction of mixed reality in medicine

Mixed reality is being introduced to patient care at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)...
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Doctors without Borders: Profile of Dr. Edgar Escalante

By Claudia Blume Few other surgeons working for Doctor Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) around...

Partnership ensures stable supply of medical grade cobalt

Hospitals in Canada and throughout the world recently averted a crisis many of us...

Creating a new model of care for cataract procedures

By Shawna Davis-Monkman and Lauren Hayes At 84 years old, Violet* was living on her...

Majority of Canada’s clinicians using electronic health records

Switch to digital improving quality of care:  Users By Dan Strasbourg Growth in the use of...

Innovators put the ‘care’ in patient care

By Elaine O’Connor Providing excellent patient experience in healthcare means ensuring patients receive not only...

Digital patient flow trackers enhance discharge planning

On inpatient units at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener, discharge planning whiteboards have...

Breathe deeper for better health and happiness

By Barbara Grant In the stressful, fast-paced, rushing-from- here–to-there, lives that most of us lead,...

Therapeutic gardening enhances patient experience

 By Ana Gajic A patient with dementia, who is normally in a state of agitation,...

Colours and critters: Design elements to enhance patient experience

By Bernelle Yan The new Teck Acute Care Centre (TACC)  currently under construction on...

Should medical assistance in dying be reported to the Coroner?

By Michael Watts and Swetha Popuri On June 17, 2016 the federal government passed Bill...

Canada merits moderate rating in international value-based healthcare report

By Yvan Marston No one disputes that a high functioning healthcare system is one that...

How 10 minutes a day can sow the seeds of a safety culture

By Brenda Kenefick When the University Health Network (UHN) made improving safety for patients and...

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Physical activity quality over quantity benefits people with disability

In a first-of-its-kind study, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis...

Research awards support introduction of mixed reality in medicine

Mixed reality is being introduced to patient care at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)...

Transformation project reducing unnecessary emergency department transfers from long-term care homes

William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level...

Easing the Transition to the Cloud. Modernizing made simple with integration support.

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems....