By Michelle Rowe-Jardine Like most hospital foundations, West Park Foundation plans a busy calendar of popular annual fundraising events including galas, golf tournaments, and their signature celebrity basketball event, Tournament of Stars. And like ... [Continue Reading]
Their Baby Died. Then a Boston Hospital Lost the Body.
Everleigh McCarthy was less than 2 weeks old when she died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2020. The police said her remains were “probably mistaken as soiled linen” and discarded. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Hospital pharmacy heroes
“The everyday work of a hospital pharmacy team is high-stakes, with life-saving implications for our patients,” says Zack Dumont, President of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP). “Unfortunately, many people have no idea what a ... [Continue Reading]
Robots, FaceTime, and translators on-call: How technology during Covid-19 has shaped hospital pharmacy practice
By Karen Dahri Each spring I give a lecture on the use of technology in everyday clinical practice to our first-year entry-to-practice Doctor of Pharmacy students at the University of British Columbia. I start off the session by speaking about how ... [Continue Reading]
New cardiac defibrillator is found to be safer for patients
By Ellie Stutsman Hamilton researchers have found that the newer type of cardiac defibrillator which gets implanted under the skin reduces patient complications by more than 90 percent. An implanted cardiac defibrillator is a small device that will ... [Continue Reading]
Paolo Macchiarini, Star Surgeon, Loses Court Ruling in Sweden
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini became a star by creating a “bioartificial” windpipe. But it did not work, and a court in Sweden has found him criminally liable for the harm inflicted on a patient. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Trailblazers in health care
Celebrating the recipients of the 2022 CMA Awards Combating antimicrobial resistance. Launching innovative solutions for physician burnout. Championing refugee health. These are just a few examples of how recipients of the 2022 Canadian Medical ... [Continue Reading]
Nurse serves up fundraisers for people facing food insecurity
By Lise Diebel Between her full-time job at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), a busy volunteer schedule and doing her masters degree online, Julie Freeman has a very full plate. But when Freeman’s favourite restaurants stopped offering indoor dining ... [Continue Reading]
Honoring healthcare workers the actionable way – with assistance
By Susan Driscoll There’s been a lot of reasons to celebrate and honor healthcare workers not only in the past month, but the past few years as well. But healthcare workers need more than our praise and our recognition – they need our help. According ... [Continue Reading]
America’s Hospitals Are in Transition
I am not taking care of a single patient with the coronavirus. But is that as good as it gets? SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Dedicated mental health transport team for Northern Ontario
Trial program brings specialized mental health care to air ambulance transfers By James MacDonald As a Registered Nurse working at nursing stations in Ontario’s northern First Nations communities, Richelle Robinson experienced first-hand the ... [Continue Reading]
Local researchers using artificial intelligence to lead the way in bedside lung imaging
A team at Lawson Health Research Institute are testing a new form of artificial intelligence (AI), paired with portable ultrasound machines, to image and identify lung concerns in real time, right at the beside of critically ill ... [Continue Reading]
Intraocular lenses for infants with Aphakia: What does the Evidence Say?
By Brit Cooper-Jones Our sight is such a key gateway to seeing and experiencing the world, and when a medical condition threatens our own or a loved one’s vision, it can be very distressing. This may be especially true for babies who are born with ... [Continue Reading]
Hospital Pharmacy’s PReSS team tracks down life-changing medication for sisters
By Lise Diebel Relentless, debilitating seizures plagued Waterloo sisters Evelyn and Janelle Wong for most of their young lives. The Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) patients were diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome as infants. This rare, severe and ... [Continue Reading]
Uvalde Pediatrician Describes Scene at Hospital After Shooting
Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before members of Congress on what he saw in the emergency room after a gunman killed 21 people in an elementary school classroom. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Preventing pediatric COVID-19 vaccine errors at mass vaccination sites
By Ambika Sharma, Heidi Huang, Shabina Rangarej, Dorothy Tscheng, and Alice Watt Canada’s mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics have represented a historic mobilization of resources and expertise to inoculate record numbers of Canadians. The numbers are ... [Continue Reading]
The Summer Outlook
The latest U.S. Covid wave seems to be spreading west, even as it starts to recede in the Northeast. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Can I Withhold Medical Care From a Bigot?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a physician’s duties. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
The ‘Open Secret’ on Getting a Safe Abortion Before Roe v. Wade
Psychiatrists were once arbiters of abortion access. Will they resume that role post-Roe? SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Changing prescribing culture to prevent inappropriate polypharmacy
By Rajan Anand Imagine you take seven medications a day, and have done so for years. Increasingly, you find yourself groggy during the day, and your memory feels murky. One day you become disoriented and fall, winding up in the ER. A hospital ... [Continue Reading]
‘This is Going to Hurt’ Finds Dark Humor on the Maternity Ward
“This Is Going to Hurt,” a dramedy starring Ben Whishaw, kindled debate in Britain about hospital care for pregnant women and the pressures on doctors. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Canada’s first fully robotic esophagectomy
First advancement in esophageal cancer surgical care in decades made possible by a donation made in memory of a young woman who passed away from the disease. Elaine Mitropoulos With a new, fully robotic approach, thoracic surgeons at St. Joe’s have ... [Continue Reading]