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Robotic-assisted rehabilitation now available in Fraser Health

Stroke patient Leanne Mork is learning to walk again with the assistance of a dedicated care team and a Lokomat – a robotic assisted walking system now available to rehab patients at Queen’s Park Care Centre in New Westminster.  The Lokomat helps patients like Leanne...

Improving evidence-based care

Two recent studies from UHN’s Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) have advanced the understanding of best practices in care. These studies examined whether health outcomes, such as stroke recurrence, disease burden and quality of life differ between men and women. In one of the...

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Housing and hope: How a community resource worker at Providence helps patients thrive after a hospital stay

Most people view their time in the hospital as a brief interruption from home,...

Bariatric Centre of Excellence adds medical stream offering for patients

The Bariatric Centre of Excellence at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) introduced a new...

Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim using holistic patient data

A new demonstration study from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) combined patient-reported...

AI-powered algorithm brings more accuracy to hospital discharge predictions

Accurately predicting when a patient will be ready to go home is at the...

Health care hackathon rapidly spreads and scales Stop the Pop

Mindy Kim and Jessica Cheng knew there was a problem, and it was their...

Curing healthcare

As we look to the future of healthcare, Humber River Health (Humber) stands at...

Free, innovative tool to empower Canadian caregivers

Baycrest has launched the Canadian Caregiver Assessment and Resource Tool (C-CART), a free online...

AI tools to ease administrative burdens in ER

Unity Health Toronto has received $200 thousand in funding from Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners...

Investing in a culture of safety and high reliability

Each time a person enters a hospital, they entrust their care providers to keep...

Empowering Canada’s Clinical Leaders: The Infoway Centre for Clinical Innovation in Digital Health

Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government,...

New genetic counsellor trial aims to provide personalized genetic care in BC

Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new...

Patient takes first steps at UHN’s West Park Healthcare Centre

It was a dramatic first for both the patient and his care team. Just 27...

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Robotic-assisted rehabilitation now available in Fraser Health

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