Several Ontario hospital leaders say much-needed beds could be freed up by a new law that would move discharged patients awaiting long-term care to nursing homes not of their choosing, although some ...

A robotic platform designed to transfer patients in and out of hospital beds with the press of a button launched last week at five Canadian hospitals, including Bruyère Health Saint-Vincent Hospital ...

Patients in hospital with reduced mobility may experience difficulty moving in and out of bed, even if they report being relatively independent before admission. Part 2 of this five-part series ...

As a child, Jayiesh Singh remembers seeing his mother come home from her job in long-term care, sore and sometimes injured after long days of lifting and moving patients. Those mental images stuck ...

Ontario’s new plan to move elderly hospital patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing won’t alleviate the current challenges facing the health care system, critics say. The province ...

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Since patient flow problems in a hospital are never limited to one area or department, managing that patient flow has become an immense challenge among hospitals today. Any patient flow inefficiencies ...

Like the virus itself, the road to recovery from COVID-19 isn’t straightforward. While the infection mainly affects the lungs, it can have a cascading effect on a person’s physical health. It’s ...

A porter, right, trains with Able Innovations staff to use the ALTA platform in the Bruyère Health Saint-Vincent Hospital in Ottawa. (Submitted by Able Innovations - image credit) A robotic platform ...