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AI tools to ease administrative burdens in ER

Unity Health Toronto has received $200 thousand in funding from Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP) under its Critical Technologies Program, to scale homegrown AI tools that support workforce planning in health care. One of the tools, the Emergency Department (ED) Nurse Assignment tool, has...

RVH’s emergency department Minor Ailment Patient Pathway

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) Emergency Department (ED) is well prepared to serve the community ahead of this year’s respiratory season with its Minor Ailment Patient Pathway (MAPP) booking portal.  Pioneered here at RVH, the ED MAPP was designed to help decrease wait times...

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How AI is changing the face of trauma care

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Transforming ambulatory care: Humber River Health’s strategic approach

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Inside one of Canada’s top trauma hospitals

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New emergency protocol brings together multidisciplinary care teams

A cyclist is struck by a car and in critical condition. In the Emergency Department...

Expanding emergency department’s minor ailment patient pathway

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) Emergency Department (ED) continues to expand the services...

First Nations patients leave ED without completing treatment more than comparable non–First Nations patients

First Nations patients in Alberta leave emergency departments (EDs) without completing treatment more often...

Decreasing ambulance offload times

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