By Kim Slade We work, we care for and support our family, and we care for ourselves. We commit to juggling these roles in life, but doing so often puts us in overwhelming situations and constantly managing conflicting priorities. This pattern of ... [Continue Reading]
Choosing Wisely Canada: Diving into overuse in hospitals
By Tai Huynh This month, Choosing Wisely Canada, the national voice for reducing tests and treatments in health care, is launching a new campaign, Diving into Overuse in Hospitals The goal of the campaign is to get hospitals across Canada to join ... [Continue Reading]
A Device That Gives Parents of Stillborn Babies Time to Say Goodbye
The CuddleCot helps preserve the body of a deceased newborn for days, allowing parents to hold them and take pictures. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Taking the Pain Out of Children’s Shots
Pediatric pain specialists believe that reducing the pain associated with needles can lead to better health care. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Hospitals Must Now Post Prices. But It May Take a Brain Surgeon to Decipher Them.
The Trump administration’s order was intended to force transparency and price competition, but with opaque and inconsistent data, the rollout is turning into a fiasco. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Providing trauma simulation training
By Elise Copps 35-year-old woman, unrestrained driver of an all-terrain vehicle. Rolled multiple times into the ravine, approximately eight feet down an embankment. Blood pressure is 90/60, pulse 110, respiratory rate 40. She has decreased breath ... [Continue Reading]
Education night helps high school students prepare for a career in medicine
By Kaylee MacMillan As a healthcare professional, Shannon Puna thought she had all the resources she needed to answer any questions her Grade nine son asked about medical school. “I work in healthcare. I’ve asked the doctors I work with what my son ... [Continue Reading]
Court Rejects Trump’s Cuts in Payments for Prescription Drugs
A federal judge said the president had vastly exceeded his legal authority in reducing payments to hospitals for drugs given to Medicare beneficiaries. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Training to improve HIV care
By Caroline Dobuzinskis Since its launch in 2011, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE)’s highly regarded Education and Training program has engaged over 13,500 participants in educational programs and events by the end of June 2018. Of ... [Continue Reading]
Managing Children’s Pain After Surgery
We’ve come a long way from the days when surgeons were taught that infants’ nervous systems were too undeveloped to feel pain. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Implementing Strategy: Charting the course for a new future
For most organizations, the strategic plan is the roadmap, the aspiration, the guiding light for the future. But what do you do when your five-year strategic plan requires a mid-term course correction? At Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH), like many ... [Continue Reading]
Where Doulas Calm Nerves and Bridge Cultures During Childbirth
In Sweden, midwives deliver babies. But doula culture interpreters act as bridges between midwives and immigrant women. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil
One of the nation’s top cancer hospitals has grappled with how to bring breakthrough treatments to market while remaining true to its mission. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Addressing burnout
By Katherine Nazimek After years of studying in medical school, young doctors are thrown into the rigorous, real-world practice of medical residency. They hold on their shoulders the new, nerve-wracking duty of saving people’s lives. They may ... [Continue Reading]
How virtual reality and streaming media are transforming medical education
By Brian Conyer Over the last decade, there have been two significant advancements in the way people experience video content. The first is that streaming media OTT platforms have made consuming content easily accessible across all connected ... [Continue Reading]
Doctors Without Borders: Meaningful work that fosters leadership
By Claudia Blume Each year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sends more than 3,600 international staff to join more than 40,000 locally hired staff to provide medical aid in more than 70 countries in the world. From Canada, we ... [Continue Reading]
The power of peer support in healthcare
By Justin Faiola The Mental Health Commission of Canada states that health-care workers are 1.5 times more likely to be off work due to illness or disability compared to workers from other sectors. This figure illustrates the prevalence of mental ... [Continue Reading]
Training workshop on communications at the end of life available to long-term care homes
By Stephen Smith Maya Angelou the poet once said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maggie’s grandmother was always the life of the party and ... [Continue Reading]
Did This Health Care Policy Do Harm?
A well-intentioned program created by the Affordable Care Act may have led to patient deaths. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Clinical Decision Support Systems: Breaking ground for imaging referral guidelines in Canada
By Dr. Martin Reed The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) is advocating for the implementation of Diagnostic Imaging (DI) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Systems in Canada. Access to updated medical imaging referral guidelines is crucial to ... [Continue Reading]
DuPage County | Trial date set for ex-nurse charged with violating…
An April 2 trial date was set Wednesday for a former nurse at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield accused of violating a patient's privacy. Mark Luis, 35, of the 700 block of Waterside Drive in South Elgin, is charged with ... [Continue Reading]