New findings via Duke University reveal that intensive care nurse scrubs are covered in dangerous bacteria that can be transferred between patients.

Mackenzie Health’s Innovation Institute is partnering with Sodexo Canada to expand the interconnectivity of its IT systems to improve health care through greater flexibility.

Canadian researchers are now working phase two of a study that is examining how much time workers spend when cleaning different types of hospital rooms,

Infrastructure Ontario and Michael Garron Hospital have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a team to design, build and finance a new patient care

The Centre Wellington Region of Ontario will soon be home to the Groves Memorial Community Hospital. The province is moving forward on the project by

The Ontario government is increasing the funding it is providing to four Ottawa hospitals by over $19 million in 2016-17 in an effort to give

The Scarborough/West Durham Panel recently released recommendations related to hospital governance, service delivery and planning to give patients better access to healthcare in their communities,

The McGill Healthcare Infrastructure Group (MHIG) and McGill University Health Centre have announced the Glen site project is the first hospital in Quebec to have

Following an Ontario investment of up to $2.27 billion, the new state-of-the-art Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is set to open its doors on Dec. 13.

Markham Stouffville Hospital has announced the achievement of LEED Silver certification for its recent 385,000 square-foot expansion project.

Interior and exterior construction on Halton Healthcare’s new Oakville hospital has reached completion.

A $6-million renovation project has begun at Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. Upgrades include wheelchair-accessible patient rooms and bathrooms, new healthcare worker hand-washing sinks in hallways, utility rooms for the cleaning and sterilization of medical equipment, new team stations for staff members, and plumbing and electrical upgrades for a future fifth floor expansion.

In what has been described by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) as the largest hospital move ever made in Canada, 154 inpatients, including 139 adults and 15 babies, were recently moved from the Royal Victoria Hospital to the university’s new Glen site. The five-and-a-half hour move was a key redevelopment operation of MUHC 2015.

Approximately 380,000 square feet of space will be added to the Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) in the form of a new eight-storey patient care tower. The project, which will include an underground parking lot, courtyard and an additional three-storey expansion, is scheduled for completion in 2023.

A new state-of-the-art health care centre has officially opened in Labrador City, N.L. The 9,500-square-foot facility, known as the Labrador West Health Centre, provides patients with access to a variety of services, including emergency, outpatient, surgical, obstetrical, pediatric, respite, palliative care, physiotherapy, oncology/chemotherapy and mental health and addictions.

Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital (St. Michael’s) is adding a state-of-the-art 17-storey patient care tower, known as the Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower, to its facilities and Bondfield Construction (Bondfield) has been selected to build it. Bondfield will also renovate approximately 150,000 square feet of existing space to expand the hospital’s Slaight Family Emergency Department and replace a 100-year-old wing.

Through a collaboration with Montgomery Sisam Architects, Ronald McDonald House Toronto (RMH Toronto) has added an innovative 1,725-square-foot “Family Room” to the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). The room is designed to accommodate the needs of families with children undergoing long-term treatments at the hospital.