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Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has become the first hospital in Canada to implement Ulrich CT Motion Injectors from GE Healthcare, which are innovative systems that deliver contrast dye to patients during computed tomography (CT) scans.
Learning that you have cancer and then waiting to hear about a treatment plan is a period of time fraught with anxiety and questions for many patients. However, a new multidisciplinary clinic for patients with lung cancer is working to eliminate that...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Rapid Access Clinic occupies an unassuming space on Johnson 7 at our Hotel Dieu Hospital site. When you enter the clinic, it looks just like the many others that are spread out across our two hospital sites, however...
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...
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,
When First Nations, Inuit and M?tis (FNIM) people experience culturally safe healthcare, patient experiences and outcomes are improved. This understanding is driving some exciting work at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario to improve care for...
Kingston General Hospital is on a journey to put our patients at the centre of everything we do. To support staff and physicians who have been asking for tools to help them provide patient- and family-centred care, work is now underway to create some...
KHSC's Critical Care Program is embracing a new way of helping to deliver patient- and family-centred care. As of this month, nurses in the program are carrying out standardized patient bedside handovers. "We hear from our families and patients that...