It’s time to unwind—and do it right!
For most of the year, we’re so intently focused on our professional responsibilities toward our clients, residents and patients that we can easily slip…
For most of the year, we’re so intently focused on our professional responsibilities toward our clients, residents and patients that we can easily slip…
As an avid reader, I love a good story, especially when it has to do with innovation and new beginnings. Last year, I read…
In recent weeks, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal has distinguished itself on the global stage, reflecting the compassion and special care we take to safeguard the…
Health care today is going through a very rapid transformation, racing toward ever-greater precision. Take the DNA sequencer, for example—by all appearances a nondescript countertop…
The following is based on remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg in “Contexts of Technological Change in Medicine: Centres and Margins”, a speech that he…
The following is based on remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg in “Contexts of Technological Change in Medicine: Centres and Margins,” a speech that he…
It is with great humility and pride that I reach out to you today to relate the outcome of the Accreditation Canada visit that…
After all of the drills and the preparation for a “what if” situation, when the alarm bells rang on September 19, you were ready….
Making a verbal promise is something that most of us do practically every day. It’s quick, it’s usually fairly informal, and it gets the…
Colleagues’ cooperation and camaraderie across sites assures safe care for SAPA clients On behalf of everyone in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, I would like to…
The following is based on remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg in “Contexts of Technological Change in Medicine: Centres and Margins”, that he delivered at…
A little over three years ago, when CIUSSS West-Central Montreal had just come into existence, I was interviewed about the long road ahead and…
As we tend to the day-to-day needs of those who require health care and social services, we come to recognize that a job well…
One of the best ways to gauge the effectiveness of an individual or a team is to see how they cope during a crisis…
The act of giving is something that comes naturally in health care and social services. When we encounter someone in pain, in distress or…
When we speak about those who receive health care and social services in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, we mainly refer to “our users”, and then…
One of the most important things that we do in health care and social services can be summed up in a single, simple word:…
When we commit to protecting the well-being of society’s most fragile individuals, it’s natural for us to think first about the elderly residents in…
When we take pride in the successes of our healthcare network, we often tend to focus—for entirely understandable reasons—on the programs and services that…
As we draw closer to CIUSSS-wide Accreditation visits during the week of December 5, we are faced with a classic case of seeing the…