Technology solution helps seniors remain at home
Care Link Advantage solution includes sensors, door contacts, cameras and emergency communication device. An independent living solution developed by Sudbury-based Care Link Advantage has been embraced by New Brunswick’s Department…
Flotation therapy comes to Sudbury
Weightlessness said to relieve pain, stress Brent Giroux knows about head injuries and the effects of chronic pain. In 1987, Giroux was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by…
Mindfulness course offers stress relief at HSN
Course blends eastern and native teachings In a noisy, busy and cold hospital it is a welcome relief to find peace and quiet. Gary Petingola, a social worker at Health…
Public-private partnership funds new health services centre
New building will house Thunder Bay’s cyclotron Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is using a creative public-private ownership model to build a 75,000-square foot Health Services Centre on the…
Cochrane hospitals, agencies plan for integration
LHIN sets March 31 deadline Administrators and hospital board members in the Cochrane District have been given their marching orders: either come up with an integration plan themselves, or have…
Nurse practitioners fill palliative care gap
Support for end-of-life patients who choose to die at home The North East and North West Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) are filling a gap in community-based palliative care by…
Program targets youth with mental health, addiction issues
16 nurses for northeast, 11 for the northwest The North East and North West Community Care Access Centres (CCAC) have received funding to hire 27 nurses to staff a mental…
Rare procedure leads to remarkable recovery of patient
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation used to treat case of blastomycosis A rare procedure and multi-team effort at Health Sciences North (HSN) in Sudbury has saved the life of a patient suffering…
Timmins, Temiskaming pilot Health Links
The Timmins Family Health Team and Le Centre de santé communautaire de Temiskaming in the North East LHIN have been selected as pilot sites for the Ministry of Health and…
Primary care lead to focus on access to care
Sault Ste. Marie’s Dr. Al McLean appointed primary care lead, for northeast How is health care in Ontario like “the hokey pokey?” Ask Dr. Al McLean, a family physician in…