In the first-ever accreditation of public health services in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, staff have earned strong praise for making public health—and preventive measures, in particular—an intrinsic element of the care and support that they provide. The Accreditation...
Clinical and academic life can be incredibly busy, making opportunities for continuing education challenging. A new partnership between our CIUSSS’s Academic Affairs Directorate and the McGill University Faculty of Medicine’s Faculty Development Office aims to help...
With its solid and varied expertise, the Directorate of Quality, Innovation, Evaluation, Performance and Clinical Ethics supports clinical and administrative departments from a strategic, tactical and operational perspective. While leadership of the directorate is now...
Lean Six Sigma project cuts average return time for stretchers to 22 minutes What could be more irritating for a health professional than looking for a stretcher while trying to provide care? How do we ensure that such a situation occurs as rarely as possible both for...
Some usernames can make you see double (or triple, or quintuple….) In our CIUSSS, each employee’s contribution is unique. But their name? Not necessarily so. When the CIUSSS system came into existence four years ago, the workforce was significantly rearranged. And so...
An IPU whose different phases of care run smoothly comes out ahead in the race to deliver timely medical treatment, with better outcomes for patients who have had a stroke. A full range of rehabilitation services then carries that user through to the finish line—a...
SHERPA creates online toolkit for parents Images of war, terrorism and other forms of violence are so pervasive in today’s media that children are at times exposed to news they might find bewildering. To guide parents in the sensitive task of discussing...
Health and social service disasters don’t discriminate, they can strike at any time—and in any place. That’s why our CIUSSS has two emergency teams who are trained and ready to mobilize anywhere within the network’s territory in the wake of a crisis. “The risks in...
Unique summer internship program recruiting participants Does your team member wear a white lab coat? It may just be possible to trace the origin of their career in health care back to the summer when they wore a blue t-shirt—as a participant in the long-running...
Understanding how mothers and fathers respond to the neonatal intensive care (NICU) environment is an important first step in determining what resources and support are most helpful to the parents of preterm infants. “The care provided by neonatal nurses—as in any...