The Future of Wound Dressing: V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing ...
Sep 13, 2024 · Solventum today announced the launch of the V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing, an integrated dressing and drape that can be applied in less than two minutes i and worn by patients for up to seven days ii.. Traditional dressings for negative pressure wound therapy typically take more than twice as long to apply, require a multi-step process of measuring and cutting separate foam and adhesive ...
Making Informed Decisions: Home Care for Safety and …
Dec 11, 2024 · In making the winning pitch, Marnie Courage, Founder and CEO of Incluzia Inc., said the ultimate goal of the MyHomeFX product is to help older adults, people with disabilities and their care providers make informed decisions about whether to modify their home to make it safer and more accessible or move to a new home to meet their needs.
Putting Patient Safety First: A Look Inside Humber River Health ...
Oct 10, 2024 · Find out how Humber River Health achieves outstanding patient safety results. Learn about their significant reductions in hospital harm, sepsis cases, code blues, and medication errors.
Need for streamlined miscarriage care in Canada
Oct 15, 2024 · Miscarriage, or early pregnancy loss, can have devastating emotional effects, but it is poorly managed in Canada. A review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides guidance to physicians on how to diagnose and manage this condition and calls for referral to outpatient early pregnancy assessment clinics (EPACs) as well as a …
Trial will test if MDMA brings relief for chronic nerve pain
Oct 30, 2024 · Pending regulatory approval, the St. Michael’s MDMA clinical trial will recruit 30 patients with chronic nerve pain from across Canada. These patients will be randomly assigned to receive either MDMA and psychotherapy or the active placebo methylphenidate, commonly known as Ritalin, and psychotherapy.
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Unity Health Toronto has received $200 thousand in funding from Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP) under its Critical Technologies Program, to scale homegrown AI tools that support workforce planning in health care.
Dec 2, 2023 · JANUARY. Professional Development, Continuing Medical Education (CME), Human Resources. Professional Development Supplement. BOOKING DEADLINE: DEC 14, 2023
Does Tranexamic Acid Increase Postoperative Complications in …
Oct 2, 2024 · Recently published in JAMA, findings of the HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial, an 8-year multicentre trial, demonstrate that among patients undergoing liver resection for a cancer-related indication, tranexamic acid did not reduce bleeding or blood transfusion but increased perioperative complications.
The alcohol swab before the needle: A point of debate
Mar 5, 2020 · Latest articles. Working toward achieving the Quintuple Aim using holistic patient data December 20, 2024; COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of disease in half when administered during pregnancy December 20, 2024; Federal needle exchange programs are to reduce health care costs, blood-borne infections December 20, 2024; AI-powered algorithm brings more accuracy to hospital discharge predictions ...
Let’s make 2024 the year of cybersecurity in Canadian healthcare
Dec 4, 2023 · 2023 marked another high-water mark for the use of digital healthcare in Canada. However, as waves of optimism grow concerning how growth in the use of virtual health, telemedicine, wearables, and electronic health records can improve access to care and outcomes, so too do fears of a sinister danger in our brave new digital health world: Cyber attacks.