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Improving Patient Experience Starts with How Teams Communicate

Healthcare teams are being asked to do more with less. Staffing shortages, rising patient volumes, and growing expectations around patient experience are putting pressure on every part of the organization. In many cases, communication systems have not kept pace, making coordination harder and increasing...

Making Clinical Research a Care Option: How Digital Infrastructure is Expanding Access to Clinical Trials in Canada

Across Canada, there is growing recognition that clinical research should not be viewed as a last resort, but as an important component of healthcare. When patients are aware of and able to access clinical trials, research becomes part of the care continuum, offering potential...

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Your Guide to Affordable Long-Distance Medical Transport Services

When someone you love requires long-distance medical transport, you may be worried about the...

Healthcare is a human right

Federal government cannot let privatization erode access. Canadians are rightly worried about access to healthcare....

Beyond Health Data: Connecting Care Across Canada

Canada’s healthcare system is at an inflection point. Leaders nationwide are working to strengthen...

Designing the future of care: Advancing an AI-enabled hospital system

HN Summary • William Osler Health System is embedding AI into its new Epic hospital...

How AI is transforming patient care in Canada—before the first visit

HN Summary • New study reveals most Canadians don’t turn to AI for mental health...

Some Ontarians without family doctor at higher risk of death

New research led at the University of Ottawa has found Ontarians without a family...

New multi-sensory room brings calm and comfort to children and youth

The moment a child steps inside the room, soft lights twinkle across the walls,...

The Art of Recovery: How paint, people, and lived experience are reshaping care at St. Joe’s

If you walk the halls at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, you’ll see some of...

How Health Care Leaders Can Build a Robust AI Risk Management Framework

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from pilot projects to enterprise-wide deployment in health care....

Growing pressures facing hospital sector

At recent  2026/27 Pre-Budget Consultations, held by the Ministry of Finance in North York,...

Best-Rated Medical Interpreter Services for Hospitals and Clinics

Clear communication contributes to successful health care. Language barriers can affect patient safety, informed...

Looking ahead to 2026

Workforce stabilization, digital accountability, system integration and public trust will define the next phase of...

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Improving Patient Experience Starts with How Teams Communicate

Healthcare teams are being asked to do more with less. Staffing shortages, rising patient...

Still managing fax referrals manually?

Despite decades of digital transformation initiatives, one technology still dominates referral intake across hospitals...

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The cerebellum, typically associated with movement, may also play a key role in reading...

Making Clinical Research a Care Option: How Digital Infrastructure is Expanding Access to Clinical Trials in Canada

Across Canada, there is growing recognition that clinical research should not be viewed as...