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...
Dr. Lawrence Rudski says his son, who has a visual impairment, has “overcome every single obstacle.” When Dr. Lawrence Rudski’s son was four months old, a physician delivered some unexpected news. Because of the boy’s visual impairment, he would never attend a regular...
Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Ladouceur on joining the JGH Division of Rheumatology. As of January 2025, she will also become an Assistant Professor in McGill University’s Division of Rheumatology. Given her clinical expertise in the overlap between...
Welcome to Craft and Chat – a creative way for hard-working members of the JGH Physiotherapy team to relax among colleagues and produce crafts at the same time. Participants gather each Monday to unwind and produce their own crafts, from crocheting to colouring,...
When Jenny Douglas began at the Jewish General Hospital as a telephone switchboard operator in 1968, phones were attached to walls, reports were written on typewriters and copying a message meant finding a sheet of carbon paper. By the time she retired in April as a...
Congratulations to Dr. Maria Fadous, a staff physician in the JGH Division of Cardiology, and to Dr. Lindsey Gerstein and Dr. Matthew Ades, clinician educators in the JGH Division of General Internal Medicine, on being named to McGill University as Assistant...
The JGH Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (ENT) held its 4th Annual Five-Kilometer Fundraiser Race along the Lachine Canal at the end of September. Participation in the event was strong, helping the department to well surpass...
Staff CIUSSS wide were invited to take part in activities planned throughout Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Week from October 16 to 20. This year’s theme was Unmasking the Future. The IPAC team organized rounds of sites and units to meet staff, as...
It may not always be possible for a hospital to restore the health of an elderly patient, but neither should that patient suffer from a decline brought about by care that does not adequately meet their specific needs during their stay. All too often, however,...
Step off the elevator on the eighth floor of Pavilion K at the Jewish General Hospital, and you're greeted with the news: posted on the wall of the lobby are the unsurpassed results by K8 staff in practicing proper hand hygiene. The size and appearance of the flyer...