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Bridging the digital divide in health care

July 29, 2024 Patients of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London now have easy access to one-on-one help with virtual care appointments through a digital navigator. Sam Ayoko doesn’t have a health background but for the

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Virtual Care: From Home to Hospital

Every day across southwestern Ontario, about 1,000 patients of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s) receive care without leaving their home. Below, read how patients John Kain and Julie and Noah

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LHSC’s new Free.Max MRI will improve access to care and help reduce wait times

July 25, 2024 With a lower strength magnet, artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, a larger opening for patients, and a dedicated focus on serving non-urgent/non-emergent cases, London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC’s) new MAGNETOM Free.Max MRI

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Letter to the community: LHSC's path forward

This is the first in a series of regular updates we will share with the community over the months ahead to keep you informed of progress and changes occurring at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) as part of our accountability to you. LHSC is a

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Trauma Career Bootcamp at LHSC allows students to explore health-care careers

July 24, 2024 Did you know that severe bleeding is the number one cause of death from traumatic injury? On Day One of Trauma Career Bootcamp, students dove into learning about safety, injury prevention and different responses to critical incidents

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Working at LHSC: Bridging acute care and connections as a nurse practitioner

July 24, 2024 By Jen Baker, Nurse Practitioner at LHSC Role of nurse practitioner at London Health Sciences Centre Amongst the daily operations at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), nurse practitioners (NP) have a dynamic and independent role

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Help us improve LHSC’s Patient Rights and Responsibilities: Take our survey today

July 15, 2024 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is updating our Patient Rights and Responsibilities and renaming them to ‘Our Shared Commitments’ to better reflect our shared commitments to one another as patients and health-care providers. The

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LHSC clinical medical physicist aims to bolster equity, access during Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists presidency

July 15, 2024 Dr. Kathleen Surry moves around a Linac bunker at the Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre with ease, explaining how the machine delivers carefully calculated doses of radiation to cancer patients. With just the touch of a few buttons, she’s

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The Peer Support Program supports patients in the Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre

July 10, 2024 “I feel very healthy, except for the cancer,” Christiana Arsenault quips. Arsenault was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent treatment and had been continuing her regular breast exams as recommended. She thought her cancer experience

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Community partnership brings Indigenous cuisine to LHSC for National Indigenous Peoples Day

July 12, 2024 On June 21, the sound of drumming and singing filled London Health Sciences Centre’s University Hospital (UH) cafeteria while smoke dancers performed ceremonial dances and the smell of Indigenous cuisine wafted through the air. Earlier