JGH physician honoured for media interviews about COVID-19
After being featured in more than 400 media interviews about COVID-19 over the past year, Dr. Matthew Oughton, a JGH specialist in infectious diseases,…
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Third year in a row! CIUSSS West-Central Montreal among Montreal’s top employers
For the third year in a row, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal has been named one of Montreal’s Top Employers, a reflection of its efforts at…
Pandemic pledge at Public Information Meeting: “Bodies apart, hearts together”
The ability of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal to prevail against COVID-19 will eventually be possible, thanks to “our professionalism, our leadership and our focus on…
Mural celebrates emotional ties between patients and staff during pandemic
A towering mural in vibrant colours has been inaugurated at the JGH to honour Montreal’s front-line healthcare workers and thank them for putting their…
How COVID-19 yanked telehealth out of the future and into our daily lives
After COVID-19, screens and phones will remain vital to care, experts predict Imagine… using a computer and webcam to remotely diagnose a serious medical…
Family medicine teams defy COVID-19 by linking to patients via telehealth
All it took was a few moments for Dr. Mark Karanofsky to look at his patient and realize something was seriously wrong: Antonio José…
Pandemic motivates midwives to give birth to new telehealth services
In mid-April, six weeks after giving birth, Nicole-Ann Shery cradled her daughter, Kayla, in her arms and huddled at home in front of her…
Using the digital tools of telepsychiatry to forge emotional bonds
Comfort of home helps clients open up to their therapists Compared to many other branches of medicine, psychiatry might appear to be a dubious…
JGH Zoom presentation on COVID-19 draws over 500 participants from Quebec hospitals
In the best-attended Medical Grand Rounds ever at the JGH, more than 500 healthcare professionals from across Quebec recently viewed a webinar presentation on…