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Thousands of patients arrive and leave Kingston General Hospital each year with the help of a non-urgent patient transfer service (NUPT) and a new system has been put in place to handle these transfers across the Southeast region. It is the first of...
Patients who come to Kingston General Hospital for surgery are now spending more time with their families before they go in for their operation. A new patient-centred initiative has created two large OR waiting rooms within the Same Day Admission...
One of the more difficult pieces of being in the hospital is the distance patients have to contend with that rests between them and their home, friends and families. Now, a new partnership between KHSC and Lakeridge Health is helping to close this...
When patients are admitted to our hospital, they will now be handed a new tool to use during their stay.
Many industries use the good old fashioned checklist to get things done. Now KGH is busy generating some "to do" lists of our own for the bedside. They're called "order sets" and they're all about improving the care we deliver to our patients. T
The Diagnostic Imaging department said goodbye to its big film library a while ago and that's created an opportunity for the department to create a new patient care area. It's a space where outpatients are prepared for procedures done in the imaging...
For many patients, getting in and out of their inpatient bed can be a challenge and this is where some new equipment is coming in handy in our hospital. Several new transfer poles have just been added to Connell 10 for patients with mobility issues...
Patient- and Family-Centred Care is happening every day at Kingston General Hospital and in all parts of the hospital. But it's not always being carried out in the same way, and that's where a new set of five standard practices will now come in
Collecting blood samples is a big job across Kingston General Hospital. Now a specialized team of phlebotomists is being assembled to help ensure it is always done in a safe, consistent and timely manner for our patients. "At the moment there are mor...
It can be as common as migraines or back pain, but rarely talked about among those who live with it. Chronic pelvic pain - defined as pain below the bellybutton and between the hips- affects between 6% and 27% of women and can have massive impacts on...
