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A one-two punch in rehabilitation success
By Fred DeVries
You might do a double-take when you see Diane Jamieson, 78, donning her boxing gloves to throw a double jab.
After undergoing surgery...
Cuddle Cot provides bereaved families more time with babies after loss
By Selma Al-Samarrai
A new device at St. Joseph’s Health Centre is being offered to families coping with a stillbirth or neonatal loss.
At least seven...
#ConquerSilence to improve medication safety
By Virginia Flintoft
#ConquerSilence is a campaign led by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute to catch mistakes before they happen. We want people in Canada...
Peer-to-Peer Clinical Team provides greater meaning for virtual care
By Sarah Quadri
Mary Curtis is delivering extraordinary, virtual, patient care. At the same time, she’s also educating and supporting her peers on the frontline...
Heart pump helps patient live to see grandchildren
By Taresh Mistry
Lina Amaral cherishes the two young granddaughters she never would have met, had it not been for the tiny device in her...
Expanded orthopaedic care model aims to dramatically reduce wait times for patients
By Julie Dowdie
It’s a scenario that happens in doctors’ offices every day.
A patient who has waited months – often over a year – to...
Virtual reality video games make rehab fun for younger patients
By Vivian Sum
Experts commonly advise that the best exercise is exercise you enjoy doing—that way you’ll keep doing it. The same holds true for...
New web-based app launches shift filling into the digital age
By Julie Adams
In the past, if Liz Caterer, staff scheduler at Stevenson Memorial Hospital (SMH) needed to fill a shift she pulled out her...
Leveraging AI and Machine Learning to advance interoperability in Canadian healthcare
By Wilson To and Patrick Combes
Navigating the health care system, is often a complex journey involving multiple physicians from hospitals, clinics, and general...
Innovations in healthcare: 3-D printing and bioprinting
By Dr. Brit Cooper-Jones
There may be many people who have heard of 3-D printing and/or bioprinting – but for others, these may be new...
