Taking those first crucial steps toward reliable healthcare info
When you have a health problem, you may actually have two problems: The first is your health, and second is deciding where to go and with whom to speak.
Patients’ homes transformed into virtual hospital wards
The Virtual Ward—believed to be the first program of its kind in Quebec—is carefully designed to tend to the needs of a select group of patients who have recently been discharged from the JGH and still face multiple medical problems, often complicated by advanced age and frailty.
Transporting patients through the hospital can be a moving experience
I always ask patients how they’re feeling and what I can do for them. In my own way, I try to make the patient’s stay in the hospital as smooth and easy as possible.
Mandate renewed for Canada-wide drug safety consortium based at the LDI
A renewed five-year mandate has been granted to a national consortium on prescription drug safety that is headquartered in the Lady Davis Institute at the JGH.
Looking for healthcare info online? Go ahead, but be careful
If you think you’re sick, based on something you’ve read online, Dr. Reem el Sherif has a word to share with you: cyberchondria.
Broader screening helps reduce C. difficile infection
The rate of C. difficile infection among hospitalized patients drops dramatically when all patients are tested for the bacteria before being admitted to hospital, says a clinical study headed by a JGH physician and researcher.
A backward glance as The Auxiliary surges forward
Three Past Presidents reminisce about their experiences, just as The Auxiliary hits a historic milestone—its 80th birthday.
Registration surges for access to family doctors
More than 40,000 people across CIUSSS West-Central Montreal have signed up with family physicians in the first 1½ years since the healthcare network came into existence.
New hemodialysis unit replaces “antiquated” facilities
A large, modern and unified hemodialysis unit swings into operation at the Jewish General Hospital this fall, replacing the pair of cramped and outdated facilities that patients and staff have endured for years.
