Virtual Ward

Among the nurse clinicians on the Virtual Care team, (clockwise, from top left): Sandeep Swan, Marianne Villamor, Michelle Kosikowski and Zeenat Ashrafi. Inset (bottom right): Lara-Eloisa Marfa, Assistant Head Nurse.

CIUSSS NewsOctober 6, 2023<October 6, 2023

Taking nursing into the digital frontier

Nurses play leading role in success of cutting-edge Virtual Care program Nurse Marianne Villamor assesses her patients with meticulous care: She checks their vital…

David Shashoua, carrying a portable IV pump across his shoulder to treat an infection, takes a walk this past summer with his wife, Susan Levinger, and their dog, Slash.

CIUSSS NewsOctober 5, 2023<October 6, 2023

Under the hospital’s virtual roof, and “happily on the loose”

When David Shashoua met people on the street or at the office this past summer, they often glanced at his wrist and looked puzzled:…

Sonia Bélanger, Minister for Health and for Seniors (left), listens to a presentation on the CIUSSS’s Virtual Ward in the Command Centre at the Jewish General Hospital on March 1.

CIUSSS NewsMarch 13, 2023<May 25, 2023

Virtual Ward praised as “hospital of the future” by Quebec’s Minister for Health and Seniors

Sonia Bélanger says CIUSSS is well-positioned to share its expertise on Hospital@Home program Quebec’s Minister for Health and for Seniors has praised CIUSSS West-Central…