It’s the start of a new era: A majority of nurses at the Jewish General Hospital University Health Centre are now recording patients’ vital signs in the Connected Health Record (CHR), a step that improves patient safety and leaves more time for bedside care. For many...
The Specialized Approach to Senior Care (AAPA, for Approche adaptée à la personne âgée ) at the JGH continues to grow, with the Emergency Department joining the program in 2025. This expanded collaboration strengthens a hospital-wide network of...
A sharp rise in Emergency Department visits by people experiencing homelessness has prompted our CIUSSS to launch an innovative pilot project, aimed at fundamentally changing what happens when these patients are discharged. The Pathway to Recovery initiative...
Relieves pressure from Emergency Department during busy flu season Sheila Cannon, a 68-year-old patient with diabetes, was admitted to the JGH Emergency Department in early December suffering from high blood sugar. After being treated overnight, she was pleased when a...
Congratulations to Dr. Joel Turner, who has been appointed JGH Chief of Emergency Medicine, succeeding Dr. Marc Afilalo, who is stepping down after 38 years as Chief. As emergency departments at the JGH and elsewhere face greater pressures due to...
Initiative directs some ED patients to physiotherapists, cutting wait times When Erika Villatoro Zamora turned to the JGH Emergency Department with severe shoulder pain recently, she expected a lengthy wait. After all, overloaded emergency rooms have been a fact of...
Trend-setting Command Centre in Emergency Department described as “work of art” Health and Social Services Minister Christian Dubé visited the Jewish General Hospital for a first-hand look at the Command Centre and other digital innovations at CIUSSS West-Central...
Care kits boost morale and combat deconditioning among hospitalized patients Sometimes, good things come in small packages. Just ask Janice Kernohan, an orderly in the Emergency Department at the Jewish General Hospital. One day recently, a woman in her 30s was...
Maggie Quinsey is real-life model for “nurse turned sleuth” in A Stab at Life Note: Author Richard King died of cancer on January 2. Two months before his death, he praised the care he was receiving at the JGH’s Segal Cancer Centre. “No one likes having cancer. No one...
Many of the callers to the COVID-19 employee hotline are anxious. Some are crying. They have a sore throat, or a stuffy nose, or maybe they’re feverish and have lost their sense of smell. Do they have the coronavirus? When can they be tested? And what will happen to...