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…
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Connected Health: If Not Now, When?
As an avid reader, I love a good story, especially when it has to do with innovation and new beginnings. Last year, I read…
Excellence on a global scale, providing care to the individual
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…
“The healthcare game is wide open”
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…
Truly EPIC technology—When an investment in ideas gives the highest returns
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 Idea Factory: Where—or, in whom—does it reside?
The following is based on remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg in “Contexts of Technological Change in Medicine: Centres and Margins,” a speech that he…
A remarkable moment in the history of our young organization
It is with great humility and pride that I reach out to you today to relate the outcome of the Accreditation Canada visit that…
“You were ready”
After all of the drills and the preparation for a “what if” situation, when the alarm bells rang on September 19, you were ready….
Renewing our pledge to do our best
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…
“No questions, just action!”
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…
Innovation: an ancient concept that never gets old
The following is based on remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg in “Contexts of Technological Change in Medicine: Centres and Margins”, that he delivered at…
In my second term, I look forward to continuing what we have begun together
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…
Celebrating our victories with a public pat on the back
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…
Superlative teamwork keeps the flu in check
One of the best ways to gauge the effectiveness of an individual or a team is to see how they cope during a crisis…
Giving of ourselves not just professionally, but personally
The act of giving is something that comes naturally in health care and social services. When we encounter someone in pain, in distress or…
Keeping the needs of family members uppermost in our minds
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…
Taking the time to hear what employees have to say
One of the most important things that we do in health care and social services can be summed up in a single, simple word:…
Extending a helping hand to those who need it most
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…
A nod to valuable projects that may “fly under the radar”
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…
Put your best foot forward for Accreditation
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…