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Responding to someone with a kind smile and a sympathetic ear can be all that is needed to turn a difficult situation into one that is remembered as positive. Empathetic communication helps patients, families and staff work together in a busy...
Despite her recent retirement as the Head of the department of Oncology, it's been a busy few months for Dr. Elizabeth Eisenhauer. In December it was announced that she would be invested into the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has been awarded Accreditation with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada. The designation is the highest award possible through the hospital accreditation program. Accreditation is an ongoing process of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has often been described as a marathon, not a sprint. With a finish line that is off in the distance, health-care workers on Kingston Health Sciences Centre's (KHSC) COVID-19 inpatient units are regularly going an extra mile, or...
The numbers are well documented, but can still be staggering. Over the course of the last year more than a million Canadians have tested positive for COVID-19; nearly 25,000 have died. In Ontario, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are bursting at the seams...
Jason Mellon has battled addiction for nearly his entire life. In fact, he had his first drink in 1986 when he was just 10-years-old. "I came from a broken home where I experienced verbal, physical and sexual abuse. I was sexually molested starting...
The name says it all. It's simply called "Continuous Improvement" and it's all about helping people zero in on processes that can be changed for the better, both big and small. "You start by looking at a process or system from beg
Helping kids with physical, neurological and/or developmental challenges to achieve, belong and inspire in their own communities is at the heart of KidsInclusive Centre for Child & Youth Development (KI). And sometimes, making that connection means...
Patients here at Kingston General Hospital may begin to see some new purple bracelets around the hospital. They are part of an educational initiative taking place in partnership with the Ontario Renal Network. It's called "Save My Veins." T
For some families in Kingston, just the thought of getting their teenager booked for a COVID-19 vaccine is a daunting one. For some children, the sights and sounds of a mass-vaccination clinic can be just too overwhelming to navigate. For others, the...