Posts Tagged ‘Bluewater Health’
Bluewater Health hosts suicide prevention workshop
Bluewater Health hosted approximately 40 participants from its two hospitals, community agencies and local schools at two workshops designed to help caregivers prevent an immediate risk of death or injury as the result of suicidal thoughts. The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) sessions were conducted by Amy Davis, Manager of Health Promotion & [...]
Bluewater Health previews new MRI facility
Potential contributors and those who will not only benefit from but work on a new Siemens MRI machine at Bluewater Health got their chance on Friday. The $2.8 million machine will allow health care professionals to complete a wide range of medical imaging, including breast imaging that patients had to travel out of Sarnia to [...]
Bluewater Health heralds Best Practices candidacy just ahead of Nursing Week
The selection of Bluewater Health as one of three candidates for the Canadian arm of the Best Practices Spotlight Organization was celebrated Friday at the Sarnia site. The Registered Nurses Association of Canada launched the Best Practice Guidelines Program in 1999 to provide the best available evidence for patient care across a wide range of [...]
Chief nurse at Bluewater Health proud and honoured to celebrate staff achievements
"Proud and honoured." That's how Barb O'Neil, chief nursing officer at Bluewater Health, describes how she and her colleagues feel about celebrating the upcoming National Nursing Week (May 7-13). The team of 800 full and part-time Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses and Clinical Nurse Specialists at Bluewater Health are committed to ensuring the best [...]
Bluewater Health helps to promote organ and tissue donation registration
Bluewater Health has joined Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) in working to save lives through organ and tissue donation. As a partner in Ontario’s Routine Notification program since January 2012, the Emergency Department and Critical Care Units of Bluewater Health are required to report every impending patient death and every unexpected death to [...]
Bluewater Health gets new MRI equipment delivered
Bluewater Health received its new Siemens Magnetom Aera MRI magnet at approximately 8 a.m. Monday (April 23) and it was in place in the new MRI suite in Diagnostic Imaging by 4 p.m. “This is an important and exciting step in making our new MRI operational,” says Dr. Rishi Duggal, Medical Director, Diagnostic Imaging, Bluewater [...]
Bluewater Health professional raising her own bar when it comes to oncology nursing
More than a quarter century after becoming a Registered Nurse, Carolyn McFadden is still doing everything she can to become better at what she does. And what she does is providing an exceptional level of care to cancer patients and their families at Bluewater Health. McFadden, who has specialized in cancer care (oncology) for some [...]
Bluewater Health celebrating contributions of its volunteers
Volunteers play an integral role in care and service at Bluewater Health, and are a vital component of the hospital team. The organization places great value on its volunteers’ time, energy, skill and talents. They fulfill a range of functions from greeting and providing wayfinding, assisting patients and staff, to serving on Bluewater Health’s [...]
Bluewater Health releases Quality Improvement Plan
Bluewater Health has released its second annual Quality Improvement Plan (QIP), which takes effect April 1, 2012. Hospitals’ QIPs, a requirement of the Excellent Care for All Act (ECFAA), are focused on five dimensions of quality: safety, effectiveness, accessibility, integrated, and patient-centered care. Bluewater Health’s medical and clinical leaders reviewed the hospital’s performance relative to [...]
Bluewater Health says it intends to review OHA executive salary recommendations
Even as it disclosed (as required by law) those it employs who earned more than $100,000 in 2011, Bluewater Health says its board of directors will review recommendations made by the Ontario Hospital Association regarding executive compensation. Board chair Bruce Davies says the the OHA's "CEO Compensation Framework" will be studied "very carefully in the short [...]
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THE SHOW: Kids Funfest, Get The Ball Rolling ’13, Bleeker Ridge, Relay 4 Life and INDIEFEST (Part 4)
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No takers on missing money after 30 days
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Sarnia Ribfest met new challenges this year, went out with a bang raising the bar for the annual celebration of ribs and music
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