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Tackling the issue of unused medication waste

When patients and programs don’t use all the medication that is prescribed, it is often incinerated, creating pharmaceutical waste. “Within our pharmacy teams, we often discuss the different approaches our hospitals take with recycling oral solid medications, and we are concerned about the impact when...

Yukon Home Care embraces e-bikes for service delivery

Working collaboratively with other government departments, First Nations governments, medical facilities and community partners, the Yukon Home Care Program (YHCP) provides a multitude of territory-wide services such as care coordination, home support, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work and nursing. Service delivery in Whitehorse is...

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Funding to take LHSC developed technology global

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Surgical guidance with AI

Researchers at UHN’s Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) have utilized artificial intelligence (AI)...

Navigating the fallout: 23andMe’s data breach and the ethics of consumer genetic testing

By unlocking secrets encrypted within our DNA, genetic testing has become a powerful tool,...

Testing new technology to help older adults age at home

When 72-year-old Hamilton resident Shirley was asked if she’d be interested in participating in...

Benefits of Colour-Coded Packaging System

When your OR is moving quickly, picking errors are bound to happen. And when they...

Transforming wound care: Enzymatic debridement and the future of healing

Patients with slowly healing ulcers often experience morbidity and a decrease in their quality...

Orthostatic hypotension: Considerations of safe medication use

lood pressure is the amount of pressure applied by circulating blood to blood vessels....

A Canadian first: New device helps to tackle challenging deep vein thrombosis cases

When Crystal Ellis arrived at the hospital in July, her left leg had swollen...

Ontario hospitals play critical role in Canadian health care advancements and innovation

Twenty Ontario research hospitals have been celebrated for their excellence in health research and...

Made-to-order diagnostic tests may be on the horizon

McGill researchers demonstrate potential for on-the-spot 3D-printed tests. McGill University researchers have made a breakthrough...

Reducing cyberattacks on Canadian health systems

“Preventing cyberattacks involves navigating trade-offs between keeping workflows efficient and reducing risk amid threats...

Scheduling for the future with artificial intelligence

In health care, we plan for the unexpected. However, having the right number of...

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