Leading the way in Continuing Medical Education for cardiovascular care
Dr. Joe Ricci, medical director of the Central East Regional Cardiac Care Centre for Scarborough-Durham, in the cardiac care learning centre with OTN connectivity. Regional cardiac program...
View ArticleNext generation of doctors prepare for ‘silver tsunami’
Martha Spencer is completing her final year of subspecialty training in geriatric medicine. There’s a “silver tsunami” forming — and it’s set to hit the shores of British Columbia sooner than you...
View ArticleHealthCareCAN’s new database features technological innovation in patient...
If necessity is the mother of invention, patient care organizations are fertile grounds for the development of innovative technologies. Since 2012, over 6,000 news stories from the top five per cent...
View ArticleHospital workers: This tax season, be victors, not victims
As we gather our receipts and get ready to prepare our taxes, many of us start to feel a ‘cash crunch’ and are looking for bigger deductions to lessen our tax burden. Considering that many hospital...
View ArticleWhat is financial planning anyway?
Everywhere one turns these days, there is someone or something offering financial planning. The problem for the consumer is how to differentiate between someone dressing up a product sale as a...
View ArticleWorkplace pensions aid in recruitment and retention
At a time when most experts are concerned that there will be a future retirement income crisis – given the fact that two thirds of Canadians lack any kind of pension coverage at work – jobs with...
View ArticleThe evolving role of nurses – and what has stayed the same
Cathy Szabo More often than not, when a patient stops to tell me about his or her experience receiving services from Providence Care, the key component of the feedback is not a critical review of the...
View ArticleHospital News salutes Nursing Hero nominee Patty Henderson
Patty Henderson Patty Henderson, RN, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Markham Stouffville Hospital The world has changed very much since the days when Florence Nightingale was a leader – but some...
View ArticleNew partnership prevents suffering and saves money
A new partnership between the Canadian Association of Neurophysiological Monitoring (CANM) and The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences will improve the outcomes for patients having high-risk...
View ArticleE-sharing for better health
Knowledge sharing is a vital component of a strong health care system. That’s why at Accreditation Canada, we help organizations get the word out when they’ve created solutions they can share with...
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