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The world is their emergency room: On the front lines of humanitarian aid
Tricia Newport on mission in Cameroon. In 1985, at the age of 10 years old, I saw my first picture of a malnourished child. It was a child from Ethiopia during the famine. The image shattered my...
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Third edition of training in Gentle Persuasive Approaches to Dementia Care...
Acquiring the proper form of care for a loved one living with dementia can seem overwhelming and often times hopeless. All methods of rehabilitation are not created equally, which is why finding...
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New online portal to HIV education resources
Dr. Silvia Guillemi, Director of the BC-CfE Clinical Education and Training Program, observes a patient at the IDC clinic as Dr. Kali Gartner, a R3 Family Practice resident, looks on. The Clinical...
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Caring for the caregiver: Quality of Work and Life Program at Sunnybrook
Marilyn Reddick believes that creating a family-friendly work environment and an onsite community is integral to ensuring a high quality of life for staff at work and at home. Photo credit: Doug...
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Doing things better without adding hours to the day
Dr. Chris Hayes is a staff physician in the MSICU as well as medical director of quality and performance. Photo credit: Yuri Markarov Change is all around us! Thousands of passionate people at St....
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New training program highlights unique needs of older patients
Michener student wears an aging simulation suit, which restricts mobility and vision, to appreciate the experiences of frail seniors. A new geriatric training course developed by The Michener Institute...
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Physicians engaged to lead on organ donation in Ontario
Organ and tissue donation benefits society as a whole. It gives a second chance at life to patients waiting for transplantation and positively contributes to the lives of their families and friends....
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How one hospital is recruiting and retaining top talent
David Musyj is President and CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital At Canadian hospitals, the pressure to control expenses while at the same time, recruit and retain the best talent is getting more and more...
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‘Dragons’ Den’ program links innovation with improved patient care
‘ St. Joseph’s President and CEO Dr. Gillian Kernaghan, left, unveils the patient tracking system monitor with project leads Michelle Soave and Karen Rogers. Dragons’ Den’-style granting program at St....
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Students as agents for change through quality improvement
Medical student Florentina Teoderascu poses with the storyboard outlining her award winning quality improvement project at The Hospital for Sick Children. A few years ago, a pediatric patient in the...
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Making staff wellness a top priority
Dr. William Chen, a Barrie family physician and surgical assistant at RVH, makes time for a workout inbetween cases. Dr. William Chen is in between surgical cases so he grabs his pager and quickly...
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Employee engagement an essential step towards better healthcare
In every hospital, each manager believes they lead in a manner that engages employees. No one goes to work thinking they want to manage poorly. Yet, we all know a manager that acts in a way that...
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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...
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Next 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...
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HealthCareCAN’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...
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Hospital 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...
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What 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...
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Workplace 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...
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The 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...
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Hospital 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...
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