Every morning, members of staff gather—in person and remotely—in C4 (the Command Centre) to prepare for the day ahead by reviewing the latest data about users of health care and social services across CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. Joining them are Dr. Shannon Fraser (second from left), C4’s Medical Director, and André Poitras (standing at right), Associate Director of Nursing. (Click on this photo to enlarge it.)
NewsSeptember 2023

C4 (Command Centre) moves to larger, more spacious quarters

September 26, 2023
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C4 (the Command Centre) has moved to a larger space, with more screens displaying additional real-time data about patient care.

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Peter Calderone, Director of Clinical Data Science for MDClone, describes the capabilities of the new ADAMS platform to members of the Quality team of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.
July 2023News

New digital platform gives staff easier access to healthcare data to improve quality of care

July 24, 2023
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A new digital platform from MDClone is giving staff quicker access to healthcare data to help improve the management and quality of care.

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Dr. Kaelan Gobeil Odai (centre), a resident in emergency medicine, intubates a manikin during an exercise in the JGH’s new Emergency Medicine Simulation Centre. Assisting him are Respiratory Therapist Irina Potlog (left) and Charbel Atallah, an Interim Nurse Consultant in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit, (Click on this photo to enlarge it.)
July 2023News

New simulation centre helps prepare Emergency staff for difficult real-life cases

July 5, 2023
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A new Emergency Medicine Simulation Centre that’s bright, roomy and technologically sophisticated has opened at the JGH.

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Dr. Ernesto Schiffrin (centre) receives a certificate recognizing him as Physician-in-Chief Emeritus of the JGH. Joining him are Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, and Dr. Vicky Tagalakis, who succeeds Dr. Schiffrin as Chief of the Department of Medicine.
July 2023News

Dr. Ernesto Schiffrin named JGH Physician-in-Chief Emeritus

July 4, 2023
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As he steps down as Chief of the JGH Department of Medicine, Dr. Ernesto Schiffrin has been named Physician-in-Chief Emeritus.

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Dozens of volunteers from across CIUSSS West-Central Montreal came together in Carrefour Lea Polansky at the JGH, where CIUSSS leaders recognized the volunteers’ efforts and celebrated their contributions. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
April 2023News

Volunteers praised for their dedication to users of health care and social services

April 21, 2023
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More than 100 CIUSSS volunteers gathered during National Volunteer Week to celebrate their achievements and look ahead to the future.

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Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg addresses his colleagues at the Strategic Vision Symposium.
April 2023News

Today’s “radical transformation” of health care is the only path to improvement, CIUSSS leaders told

April 4, 2023
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It’s official: Care Everywhere is how CIUSSS West-Central Montreal is now referring to its visionary approach to care. Plus there’s a new logo to serve as a focal point.

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Dr. Khalil Sultanem, Chief of the Division of Radiation Oncology, with the new linear accelerator during the final stage of its installation. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
February 2023News

New linear accelerator goes into service in Radiation Oncology

February 17, 2023
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Anti-cancer treatment is now under way with a highly sophisticated and versatile linear accelerator that’s newly installed at the JGH.

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In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the JGH, Mehdi Kdioui (seated) soothes his 11-week-old daughter, Radia, during an evaluation of the infant’s ability to swallow properly. After Radia has been bottle-fed, Dr. Carol Nhan (standing), a pediatric otolaryngologist, inserts a thin, flexible fibre-optic tube into the child’s nasal passage. Then she looks through an eyepiece to examine the baby’s throat. Also playing a key role in the evaluation is the baby's mother, Wessal Hilali.
NewsNovember 2022

Ability of premature infants to feed safely now being assessed at the JGH

November 28, 2022
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Premature infants who have difficulty swallowing are now being assessed in the NICU, instead of being transferred elsewhere for evaluation.

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Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (right) meets with leaders of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, including (from left) Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO; Erin Cook, Administrative Co-Director, Virtual Care, and Associate Director of Quality, Transformation, Evaluation, Performance and Ethics; Dr. Lawrence Rudski, Medical Director of Virtual Care; and Lucie Tremblay, Associate CEO.
NewsNovember 2022

Federal health minister calls CIUSSS “absolutely essential partner” in digital transformation

November 24, 2022
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Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has said he considers CIUSSS West-Central Montreal an “absolutely essential partner” in digital transformation.

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During a tour of a newly inaugurated JGH lab where clinical trials will be held for a promising cancer treatment, Pierre Fitzgibbon (second from right), Minister of Economy and Innovation, is briefed about the technology by Michel Gareau (right), Founder and President of Starpax Medical, and by Dr. Gerald Batist, Director of the Segal Cancer Centre. (Click this or any photo to enlarge it.)
June 2022News

New JGH lab launched to test potentially revolutionary cancer treatment

June 21, 2022
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A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment, using magnetism to guide medication-carrying bacteria into tumours, will be tested in a new JGH lab.

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