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Formed in February 2010, the Patient and Family Advisory Council is made up of 27 former patients or family members of patients who come to the table with their own stories, their families' stories, wanting to work with KGH to improve the patient exp...
Patients who are cared for in the Admission Transfer Unit (ATU) after being admitted in the Emergency Department (ED) at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) probably don't know that since the unit opened two years ago, it has helped patients like...
Our patients may not come here for the food, but a recent survey shows that, overwhelmingly, they are enjoying it once it is served. The survey was carried out this past summer on our inpatient units and it shows big improvements over the survey...
Two weeks after NRC Picker selected Kingston General Hospital as the winner of its prestigious Innovative Best Practices Award 2012 for Canada, the hardware is now home at our hospital. CEO Leslee Thompson accepted it personally on behalf of everyone...
Thanks to patient volunteers at Kingston General and Hotel Dieu hospitals, clinicians now have new insight into the best way to treat simple ankle sprains. A recently published study, led by Kingston General Hospital clinician-researcher Dr. Rob...
When a pediatric patient goes into cardiac arrest, every second it takes to respond is precious. That's why Kingston General Hospital is putting into place a new tool that will make it easier for resuscitation teams to quickly provide lifesaving...
While many of us are still abed at 4:30 a.m. on these muggy summer mornings, Nate Boles is already on deck at our Hotel Dieu Hospital site, turning on the taps to give hundreds of thirsty plants a long drink before the heat of the day strikes. The...
"I was always taught that when you're not enjoying your job anymore, then it's time to get out but now is not the time for me. I still have lots left to do." Over the last 18 months Bill Gourdier, food and catering manager for the Brockview Caf? at...
A charge nurse in busy outpatient clinics at the Hotel Dieu Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Julie Ballance has been pulling double duty lately as an Accreditation Ambassador, a role that makes her a key frontline resource as...
When she first started training to be a spiritual health practitioner, it wasn't long before Kelly Collins was telling her supervisor: "I want your job." That certainty remains strong after 10 years of spiritual health care training, practice and...
