August 31, 2020
In North America about 5 percent of all patients in a hospital or LTC centre will acquire a hospital acquired infection (HAI), and some of them will die. In fact, 100,000 patients die each year in hospital from HAI and about 400,000 die in LTC – every year. Read More
August 31, 2020
TORONTO – Telesense Canada, a company that is both a developer of telemedicine technology and a provider of digital care services in Ontario, is launching the Ontario Medical Network (ONMD.ca). The new organization and platform will allow patients to connect with doctors online, at their homes and offices, and in the near future at pharmacies and labs, where they can receive prescriptions and have lab work done more quickly. Read More
June 30, 2020
HAMILTON, ONT. – Researchers and clinicians at Hamilton Health Sciences are leading a multi-hospital study to determine if the numbers of discharged surgical patients who return to hospital in the first 30 days after discharge – a critical period for recoveries – can be significantly reduced through the use of remote monitoring technology. Read More
June 30, 2020
TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Ontario Medical Association are collaborating to extend the functionality of the MyChart patient portal, to support patients and doctors communicating online more easily, saving both time and effort. Read More
June 30, 2020
When a pandemic strikes, healthcare organizations need to react quickly. As a result, remarkable things can happen. Northern Health is the health authority serving Northern BC. In March 2020, it set up an online clinic and COVID-19 information line in only two days. With thousands of callers since inception, this service has been crucial for Northerners. Read More
June 30, 2020
Susan Savage joined the collaborative family practice team at North Queens Medical Centre in Caledonia, N.S. – 100 km west of Halifax – two years ago as a nurse practitioner with Nova Scotia Health Authority. Read More
June 30, 2020
Winston Churchill famously said we should never waste a good crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic may have imposed massive short-term changes on Canada’s healthcare system, but the silver lining may be that the pandemic could also help expedite the adoption of new tools and processes that will allow for long-term, sustainable improvements benefitting patients, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system. Read More
June 30, 2020
For patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, the road to recovery can be harrowing. People with severe illness can undergo intubation, ventilation, and paralytic drugs. Read More
June 30, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded earlier this year, healthcare facilities across the country found themselves – like so many other organizations – having to urgently reinvent ways to operate, provide patient care, manage supply chains and deploy resources, with many of the usual ways of doing things suddenly off the table. Read More
May 1, 2020
VANCOUVER – Thrive Health has developed an app for tracking equipment, clinicians and staff in hospitals that’s now being used in 39 of British Columbia’s hospitals, across three health authorities. The COVID-19 Critical Care Resource Management app allows front-line personnel – from doctors and nurses to administrators – to rapidly locate gear such as gowns, gloves or ventilators on the spur of the moment. Read More