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A new prone breast biopsy table has been recently installed at Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) that helps provide better accuracy, shorter procedures and improved patient comfort for those receiving a breast mammography and biopsy. Known as the Hologic...
A new platform will now help make tracking referrals into the Diagnostic Imaging (DI) department at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) a lot easier for both patients and primary care providers. Known as the Ocean eReferral Network, this...
A new electrocardiogram (ECG) machine is now in place at the Cancer Centre that is helping to improve patient flow, access to technology and resulting in quicker turnaround to diagnostics. Prior to the arrival of this new machine, patients who...
Patients with implanted defibrillators and pacemakers are benefitting from technology that reduces the number of times they have to come to the hospital for treatment. A remote monitoring system called Medtronic CareLink went live at Kingston General...
The Centre Cup coffee kiosk in the Cancer Centre has just gone through a transformation. It has now reopened as a new Tim Hortons location.The switchover brings the company's beverages and baked goods to the lobby of the Burr wing for the first time...
A new service has arrived at Kingston General Hospital that will make finding a translator for any language as easy as picking up the phone. On July 1, KGH introduced a new phone-in translation service called Language Line. This new service gives...
It's not just better lighting and the colourful new paint on the walls catching peoples' attention these days around KGH. You may also have noticed the new TV screens that have been installed in several strategic locations, including waiting rooms...
One of the most important parts of KGH's Wayfinding project is rolling out this week - the actual interior signage. A crew from WSI Sign Systems Ltd., are making their way across the hospital putting up the interior signage that will help direct...
The latest phase of Kingston General Hospital's new wayfinding strategy is now rolling out on levels 0 and 1 of the hospital. The colourful new directional signs are beginning to replace the old grey and white ones throughout our buildings. The signs...
It's one of the first things people notice when they step inside KGH for the first time -- this is not an easy hospital to find your way around. Chalk it up to the 14 interconnected buildings of different vintages, shapes and heights, not to mention...
