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First and foremost, a patient should get all medications at the same pharmacy, says Dr. Debbie Elman, the lead physician for the Academic Family Health Team at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She points out that patients are often treated by…
Adorned with spiky mauve-coloured hair, green-tinged eyes and a few quirky facial expressions to mimic a range of emotions, the two-foot-tall robot is made to look and act like a little boy. But his job is far from child’s play.…
Ontario will be providing more than $3 million to expand emergency mental health services at hospitals in Guelph and in Wellington County. The following hospitals will be receiving new emergency mental health funding: Guelph General Hospital: $2,416,300 Groves Memorial Community…
A group of doctors accuses the Ontario Medical Association of “complete surrender” in its negotiations with the government on a new fee agreement, and warns the deal will have a devastating impact on patient care. The advocacy group “Concerned Ontario…
This investment will help clients and caregivers most in need, including $80 million for enhanced home care and $20 million for caregiver respite. Home care patients and those who care for them will benefit from approximately: 350,000 additional hours of…
Job Title: Manager, Decision Support New Work Type: Full-Time Permanent Posted Date: 15/07/16 Closing date: 21/07/16 Salary Range: $92,099 – $108,342 per annum Decision Support (DS) works collaboratively with clinicians and administrators in order to advance innovative and proactive analysis…
The new health hub will consolidate selected services from three hospitals and four community health service providers onto one site in Orléans. When complete, patients in the Orléans area will benefit from bilingual, integrated and patient-centered services closer to home…
Today, Parliamentary Assistant John Fraser visited Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Pleasant Manor Retirement Village long-term care home. This is one of more than 300 long-term care homes that Ontario is helping redevelop over the next nine years. Through these enhancements, residents will benefit…
Ontario is investing more than $3.6 million in a new radiation treatment unit at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket. More than 400 additional cancer patients from York Region and south Simcoe County will…
A study using undercover observers to check how often health-care workers wash their hands has offered powerful new evidence that Canadian hospitals’ much-vaunted hygiene rates are more illusion than reality. Medical students in the study who secretly monitored hand cleaning…
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