OntarioMD brings digital health ed to Northern Ontario
By Sarah Hutchison, LLM, MHSc, OntarioMD Chief Executive Officer You can register to attend an On the Road with OntarioMD seminar near you at www.ontariomd.ca/about-us/events/on-the-road-with-ontariomd. Or, contact support@ontariomd.com for more…
Canadore’s health ‘Village’ to open this fall
The Village will enhance the delivery of community-based services using holistic care and healing, that we hope will be adopted by communities everywhere,” said the president and CEO of Canadore…
Cambrian launches health navigator program
By Laura E. Young The world has always needed pilots and navigators to steer the stars, cross oceans and find a safe harbour. This September, Cambrian College is adding courses…
Former health policy director predicts PCs will cut bureaucracy
Francesca Grosso By Matt Durnan for sudbury.com Health Sciences North finished up their Speaker Series in June with a pair of talks from Patients Canada vice chair Francesca Grosso. While…
North Bay surgeon heads CPSO
BY KATHY STAKELBERG Dr. Steven Bodley originally considered a career as a writer, but admits he wasn’t very good at it. But his belief good communication is vital to everything…
Medical trial could change how breast cancer treated
From Northern Ontario Business The trial for a new tool to help determine if chemotherapy is shrinking a tumour has begun in Europe, and all the test samples are being…
Construction starts on HSN Learners’ Centre
SUDBURY–Excavators are tearing through the asphalt, as work has started on the Learners’ Centre outside of the Emergency Department at Health Sciences North (HSN). The 28,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility…
NOSM prof brings visions for medical education research
When most people think of research, they imagine scientists with white coats working in a lab with test tubes. What they don’t imagine is medical education research − but a…
Sudbury’s Pet Scan Suite construction starts
Dominic Giroux, HSN President and CEO of HSN; Mark Hartman, Vice President Cancer and Clinical Support, HSN; Dr. Tom Carr, Chief of Nuclear Medicine, HSN; Tannys Laughren, Executive Director of…
NOSM’s community-engaged learning model has grown into something extraordinary
BY Dr. ROGER STRASSER Born out of a widespread community movement to build a sustained network of physicians and health-care professionals in northern communities, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine… Read more »