1,200 hospital department closures, untold patient suffering: unions call on Doug Ford to enter hospital negotiations and address ongoing crisis
OCHU/CUPE, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor say the government must prevent further closures by entering hospital negotiations to invest in frontline staff. In response to yesterday’s damning...
Latest hospital cyberattack shows how health care systems’ vulnerability can put patients at risk
Tulsa, Oklahoma — Annie Wolf's open-heart surgery was just two days away when the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called, informing her that her...
Ontario hospital data breach sees $480M lawsuit served
A group of southwestern Ontario hospitals is facing a potential $480-million class action lawsuit after at least 270,000 patients in the region had their data...
When does life end? A father didn’t believe his daughter was dead. He says the hospital still harvested her organs | US healthcare
Mike O’Connor had just been told that his daughter was brain dead.Brittany had been in the hospital for six days. One end of a thick...
Weekly update on hospital capacity – November 30, 2023
Hamilton’s healthcare partners are asking for the community’s help in preventing the spread of respiratory illness this fall/winter season and preserving access to the city’s...
Alliston hospital launches ‘quality’ home-care program
Stevenson Memorial teams up with Bayshore HealthCare to create Stevenson@Home, which will allow eligible patients to receive service once discharged from facility NEWS RELEASE STEVENSON...
Despite public claims, PCs & Osler will not confirm Brampton’s Peel Memorial expansion will create a second hospital the city desperately needs
“As Osler continues to work with government partners on further development of the new Peel Memorial Hospital, the designation will be determined.” That was a response...
Hamilton hospital leads province away from fax-based data transfers to LTC homes
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, the first hospital in the province to shift from faxes to a paperless form of clinical data transfer between its staff...
Weekly update on hospital capacity – November 23, 2023
Hamilton’s healthcare partners are asking for the community’s help in preventing the spread of respiratory illness this fall/winter season and preserving access to the city’s...
Manitoba news: province to hire staff to speed up hospital discharge times
The Manitoba government is recruiting dozens of allied health-care workers to help speed up discharge times in hospital emergency departments. The NDP plans...