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Kingston General Hospital's clinical laboratories were put under the microscope recently, and came out shining, achieving a full four-year accreditation after a mandatory Ontario Laboratory Accreditation (OLA) process. A team of eight peer assessors...
Have you ever seen the Kingston bus advertisements seeking people with springtime allergies for a new research study? They come from our own Anne Ellis, director of the Allergy Research Unit and Environmental Exposure Unit (EEU) at KGH. She's a provi...
Award-winning actress Glenn Close dropped by Kingston General Hospital last week to take a tour of our Mental Health unit. Close, 66, was in town to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Queen's University for her work in mental health and s...
It's estimated that there are roughly 35 thousand people in Canada living with some type of inherited bleeding disorder, however it's believed that most of them aren't even aware of it. A new online tool, launched this week by a KGH physician is...
Kingston General Hospital's Q2 performance report is now available online. One issue it draws attention to is the rise in the number of Code Gridlocks that have been called - one lasting up to 72 hours. It's a troublesome trend that has continue
An international charitable organization marked a big milestone at Kingston General Hospital last week. Liz Withers from Ryan's Case for Smiles visited the KGH Pediatrics Department to celebrate the donation of the organization's millionth pillowcase...
After a short hiatus over the holiday season, KGH's Communicate with HEART training program is back with sessions that resume in February and then continue into the summer. Communicate with HEART is a program created by the Cleveland Clinic. It's a...
They aren't the fancy piece of high-tech equipment you might expect to see rolling through an intensive care unit, but the two refurbished dressers now in use on Kidd 2 are making a big difference for some families that spend time on the unit. They...
Kingston General Hospital has just flipped the switch on two new pieces of software for our Surgical, Perioperative and Anesthesia (SPA) program that will improve the flow of information. Both of the applications are part of the PICIS OR Manager...
Kingston General Hospital has installed special, new software on hundreds of PCs that will automatically put them into a sleep mode during periods of inactivity. "This program is an easy way for us to save energy and money," says Allan McLuskie,
