When my daughter was hospitalized for cancer treatment, I began collecting leftover condiments and medical supplies in an effort to control something in our uncontrollable world. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
A.I. Can Improve Health Care. It Also Can Be Duped.
As medical insurers and billing companies begin using machine-learning software, they can learn to game the underlying algorithms for profit. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Aging out: Improving the culture of long-term care for LGBTQ seniors
By Rebecca Ihilchik Picture this: you’re a personal support worker at a long-term care home. One of the residents, an elderly man with dementia, begins to show romantic affection for his male roommate, who is married to a woman. It dawns on you the ... [Continue Reading]
Antipsychotic medications in long-term care
The Canadian Institute of Health Information (2016) reports that, in 2014, 39 per cent of long-term care residents were prescribed at least one antipsychotic order. This is alarming because antipsychotics may be only partially effective compared to ... [Continue Reading]
A new wound-care initiative is tackling painful wait times
By Selma Al-Samarrai and Michael Oliveira Trevor Kampen marvels at the number of people he’s met during his journey from St. Michael’s Hospital to Providence Healthcare to treat his debilitating pressure wound, a condition caused by his spina ... [Continue Reading]
11 Premature Babies Die in Less Than a Day in Tunisian Hospital, Sparking Outrage
The babies died from hospital-acquired infections, a reflection of deeper issues with Tunisia’s health care system, long considered one of the best in Africa but struggling since the 2011 revolution. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Innovations in aging and brain health: What’s next?
By Rebecca Ihilchik Interested in aging and brain health innovation? Want to learn more about Canada’s standing in the global industry? Look no further. The Baycrest-led Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), together in partnership with ... [Continue Reading]
Creating “one door” access to development and rehabilitation
By Dave Scharf Ottawa’s pediatric health and research centre, including a pediatric teaching hospital — has streamlined getting the right development and rehabilitation care for children, youth and families. Access to development and rehabilitation ... [Continue Reading]
India Fights Diabetic Blindness With Help From A.I.
A partnership with Google is part of a global effort to build and deploy systems that can detect signs of illness and disease in medical scans. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Doctor on Video Screen Told a Man He Was Near Death, Leaving Relatives Aghast
A 78-year-old man with lung disease was told by a doctor on a streaming video that he did not have long to live, a strategy that his family saw as insensitive. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Trump Administration Targets ‘Secretive Nature’ of Health Care Pricing
The administration wants to require public disclosure of the rates that doctors and hospitals negotiate with insurance companies, saying the idea could create competition and drive down prices. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Venezuela Blackout, in 2nd Day, Threatens Food Supplies and Patient Lives
Venezuelan officials blamed the opposition and the United States for the outage, but provided no evidence. At a hospital with a backup generator, one man said, “A lot of us are going to die here.” SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Challenging the process for changing a dressing
By James Scarfone The problems and challenges confronting us in healthcare today are too big and too complex for top-down solutions. We need the collective wisdom of our large workforce to find solutions. At Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), we’re ... [Continue Reading]
The Lesson of Impermanence
A chance encounter with a sand painting helped me learn how to doctor patients I knew I would lose. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Study finds heart-to-heart talk appears to boost use of cardiac rehab
Face-to-face encouragement by a member of the healthcare team, preferably when patients are still in hospital, may boost subsequent enrolment in cardiac rehab by as much as 60 per cent, a new study finds. The results, from researchers at Peter Munk ... [Continue Reading]
Robotic pets delight patients with dementia
By Elise Copps “They don’t claw ya, you don’t have to feed ‘em, and they don’t need kitty litter.” Wise words from Jackie Gale, a patient at Hamilton Health Sciences’ St. Peter’s Hospital (SPH). She’s referring to the hospital’s new litter of robotic ... [Continue Reading]
Hospital and Time of Delivery May Affect Mother’s Health
The risk for complications in childbirth was highest during night shifts, weekends, holidays and in July. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Sensory Rooms: A treat for the senses and a treatment for dementia?
By Dr. Brit Cooper-Jones Many of us have been affected by dementia, either directly or indirectly. When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia — a general term that refers to the progressive impairment of various mental functions — it can be ... [Continue Reading]
England to Offer Hospital Patients Free Sanitary Products
Women and girls will be offered free tampons and other sanitary products, officials said, calling the move “a big step forward” in the effort to end period poverty. SOURCE: Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Community-based care helps everyone get better
By Joanne Bezzubetz Over the past decade, our society has become more aware of the importance of mental health as part of overall health. People are increasingly coming forward for help — not just to mental health centres like The Royal, but also to ... [Continue Reading]
Quitting smoking can improve your cancer treatment, period
By Craig Earle Craig Earle is a GTA-based oncologist and Vice-President, Cancer Control, at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. The start of the new year means many will be looking to fulfill resolutions, a major one being quitting smoking. ... [Continue Reading]
Wound care: What’s the story?
By Rosemary Kohr Chronic wounds have never had the same level of attention as cancer care, or treatments of heart disease, yet they quietly affect a significant share of our patients; and are responsible for longer hospital stays, sepsis and ... [Continue Reading]