March Edition:

Latest News, Best Practices, Infection Control, Facilities Management & Design, Health Technology and Greening Healthcare.

Easing the Transition to the Cloud. Modernizing made simple with integration support.

Across Canada, most hospitals and healthcare authorities recognize the need to modernize their systems. Integrating electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR)...

Rovolutionizing geriatric care: Meet Canada’s leading Universal Health Hub (UHH)

Universal Health Hub (UHH) is the only Health Care Organization in Canada which is focused on Geriatric care wherever the seniors age whether at...

National efforts to guide safe, effective, and equitable use of opioids for quality pain management in children

No one should experience untreated pain. Yet, in Canada, two out of three children undergo painful procedures without any pain management, and one in...

Wait times in healthcare often linked to diagnostic testing – adding more doctors and nurses alone won’t improve that bottleneck

There is an emerging consensus that Canada’s healthcare system is in crisis.  Stories appear in the media daily describing the horrors Canadians are experiencing trying...

Decreasing ambulance offload times

ue to the commitment and dedication of the adult Emergency Department (ED) and adult inpatient staff and physicians, over several months, London Health Sciences...

Physician work hours, especially for male doctors, have declined since 1987

Physicians in Canada, especially male physicians, are working fewer hours than they did three decades ago, and these long-term trends must be considered in...

Remote therapist-guided cognitive behavioural therapy as good as in-person

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered remotely, with therapist guidance, appears to be as effective as in-person therapy for a range of mental health problems,...

Obesity a risk factor for stillbirth, especially at term

Obesity is a risk factor for stillbirth, and the risk increases as pregnancy advances to term, according to a large study published in CMAJ...

Most survivors of childhood cancer don’t get the tests needed to detect serious long-term adverse effects

Surviving childhood cancer does not always mean a clean bill of health, as the treatments that eradicate those cancers can put adult survivors at...

Simulation program brings training directly to the front lines

A 37-year-old man collapses on a golf course. He’s rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital and needs to be intubated. He has no...

Next-generation 3D imaging can guide surgeons’ hands

In a Canadian first, Dr. George Athwal at St. Joseph’s Health Care London has introduced the revolutionary next step in mixed reality technology that...

Transformation project reducing unnecessary emergency department transfers from long-term care homes

William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level transformation project that helps decrease transfers from long-term care homes...

The Connector

In a world where an implantable electrode can reduce the number and intensity of a patient’s seizures, there’s no question that health care and...

Remote monitoring tool improve seniors’ care

umber River Health (Humber) has identified a core priority of delivering comprehensive, quality care closer to home for members of its community. This commitment...

Research awards support introduction of mixed reality in medicine

Mixed reality is being introduced to patient care at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) through an innovative research project. Supported through LHSC’s Academic Realignment...

Physical activity quality over quantity benefits people with disability

In a first-of-its-kind study, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis and her team offer concrete data revealing that the experience...

Technology enhancing safety at hospitals

Over the past few years, incidents of violence against healthcare workers has increased worldwide. Windsor Regional Hospital has worked closely with its staff leadership,...

Air filter rebates for people in BC with asthma?

The rising number and intensity of wildfires in British Columbia are taking an immense toll on people and communities, prompting calls for further interventions...

How AI can reduce turn around times for clinical trial contracts

Unity Health Toronto is one of the first hospitals in Canada to work with Google Cloud to develop a generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI)...

Expanding access to cardiac care

More than 6,000 people are admitted to Fraser Health hospitals for cardiac failure every year. As part of a regional strategy to expand cardiac...

Professional Development programs for IENs

CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) offers a variety of professional development programs to IENs: Registration and employment preparation, clinical skill updates, and...