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

Henry Mietkiewicz — 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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In the COVID@HOME program, certain COVID-19 patients complete their recovery in a virtual ward at home (left). Digital technology enables them to stay in touch with the virtual care team at the hospital and to have their vital signs remotely monitored by the care team on a regular basis.
January 2022News

Virtual ward created in patients’ homes in pioneering COVID@HOME project

Henry Mietkiewicz — January 21, 2022
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COVID@HOME, a new program, allows certain COVID-19 patients to be discharged from the JGH and return to home to a virtual ward.

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During a home visit in the Virtual Ward program, Serena Gottlieb answers Dr. Bernardo Kremer’s questions about her heart and her breathing.
October 2016Spotlight feature

Patients’ homes transformed into virtual hospital wards

Henry Mietkiewicz — October 5, 2016
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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.

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