<?xml version="1.0"  encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:g-custom="http://base.google.com/cns/1.0" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:g-core="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>CHEO News Feed</title><link>http://www.hcpra.org</link><description>CHEO News Releases</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>CHEO Promotes Increased Vigilance During “Pool and Swimming season”</title><link></link><description>&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;As temperatures are reaching all-time highs and people flock to pools and beaches to get a reprieve from the heat, the Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)...</description><pubDate>7/20/2010 1:54:49 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Going Above and Beyond Because We Care: CHEO's Annual Report to the Community 2009</title><link></link><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;CHEO is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;pleased to&amp;nbsp;pres...</description><pubDate>7/15/2010 10:41:17 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Historic partnership between the H&amp;DGH and CHEO</title><link></link><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;MyriadPro-Bold&quot; color=&quot;#231f20&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;MyriadPro-Bold&quot; color=&quot;#231f20&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;MyriadPro-Bold&quot; color=&quot;#231f20&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;...</description><pubDate>6/30/2010 9:53:57 AM</pubDate></item><item><title> CHEO Promotes Hand Hygiene Through Short Video </title><link></link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;We are proud to present our newest video focused on promoting the importance of hand hygiene&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;...</description><pubDate>6/21/2010 9:09:07 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Sitting takes toll on body, scientists find</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;Scientists in Ottawa are monitoring how blood pressure and oxygen consumption change as children sit and ...</description><pubDate>6/11/2010 3:58:59 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO telethon raises $6.2 million- CTV Ottawa</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;This year's telethon for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario met its ambitious fundraising goal&lt;/span&gt;...</description><pubDate>6/7/2010 10:14:17 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local school children receive free bicycle helmets</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;Join us on June 3rd as 170 students from John Paul II Catholic School in Ottawa each receive a free bike helmet. The morning event will include&lt;/span&gt;...</description><pubDate>6/3/2010 2:49:39 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO in the News - What a 'broken' health-care system really looks like</title><link></link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;By James Ron, The Ottawa Citizen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;...</description><pubDate>5/28/2010 11:53:34 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO in the News! Heather Counsell gives her students at CHEO a reason to stretch beyond their hospital beds</title><link></link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;By Jennifer Pagliaro, The Ottawa Citizen&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;...</description><pubDate>5/25/2010 10:21:01 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO doctor develops iPhone app to treat vertigo</title><link></link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;A doctor at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario has developed an iPhone application to treat a form of vertigo or dizziness. As seen on CTV news&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;...</description><pubDate>5/6/2010 11:58:51 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO More than Doubles Hand Hygiene Compliance One Year Later</title><link></link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;We are pleased to announce that CHEO has more than doubled its hand hygiene compliance rates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;...</description><pubDate>5/3/2010 9:43:59 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO aims to prevent costly stay-overs, cut waits by expanding day-surgery unit</title><link></link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;subtitle&quot; style=&quot;color: black&quot;&gt;As seen in The Ottawa Citizen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black&quot;&gt;: CHEO has come up with a simple, enterprising idea that should save thousands ...</description><pubDate>4/30/2010 10:46:20 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Ottawa Police team up with Youth Net/R&#233;seau Ado to raise awareness about youth mental health </title><link></link><description>The Ottawa Police Service along with Youth Net/R&amp;#233;seau Ado have launched a series of communication products aimed at increasing awareness about the challenges of youth living with menta...</description><pubDate>4/12/2010 3:04:52 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Heat Recovery Ventilators Prevent Respiratory Disorders in Children</title><link></link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 150%&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class...</description><pubDate>4/7/2010 12:24:14 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO in the News - Friendly Face of Arsenic - Globe &amp; Mail front page article</title><link></link><description>&lt;p class=&quot;wimg&quot; id=&quot;deck&quot;&gt;The ancient poison, less toxic than chemotherapy, is being used in a clinical trial at six Canadian hospitals as the first drug doctors reach for when treating kid...</description><pubDate>3/29/2010 10:13:22 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Going Above and Beyond Because We Care: CHEO's Annual Report to the Community 2009</title><link></link><description>&amp;nbsp;CHEO is &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;pleased to&amp;nbsp;present the hospital's Annual Report titled &lt;em&gt;Going Above and Beyond Because We Care.&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;...</description><pubDate>7/15/2010 10:30:50 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>“We All Win!” Theme Continues With the 3rd Annual Ottawa Hospital and CHEO Lottery</title><link></link><description>With over $3 million in prizes up for grabs The Ottawa Hospital Foundation and CHEO Foundation have once again teamed up to improve local health care for all with the 2010 Ottawa Hospital a...</description><pubDate>3/23/2010 12:11:40 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO launches “Let’s Keep Kids Out of Hospital” 2010 Award Program</title><link></link><description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;The CHEO Board of Trustees announces the launch of a formal, annual awa...</description><pubDate>3/22/2010 9:52:56 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO launches new and improved website at http://www.cheo.on.ca</title><link></link><description>&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;CHEO invites the community to visit its new and improved website. The new site boasts updated health information, all presented in a new colourful ...</description><pubDate>3/2/2010 9:51:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Seeing Increased Volumes in Emergency; Seeks Community’s Help to Reduce Wait Times</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is currently seeing a significant increase in patients in its Emergency department.&lt;/span&gt;...</description><pubDate>2/19/2010 10:46:45 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Helps Provide Peace of Mind to Parents of Kids with Head Injuries</title><link></link><description>&lt;span  style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;The CHEO Research Institute led a team from ten paediatric teaching hospitals across Canada who created a new tool to better assess the n...</description><pubDate>2/26/2010 9:34:51 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Promotes Helmet Awareness During Winterlude</title><link></link><description>&lt;span  style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;With the 32nd edition of Winterlude just around the corner, CHEO would like to remind all parents and children that helmets can prevent h...</description><pubDate>2/26/2010 9:36:47 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Ontario Lung Association Offers New Resource to Help Parents Manage Their Child’s Asthma</title><link></link><description>&lt;span  style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;Parents of children with asthma can breathe easier thanks to a free new resource now available to help them manage their child&amp;#8217;s di...</description><pubDate>2/26/2010 9:50:31 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Statistics Canada Releases Canadian Health Measures Survey</title><link></link><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;Statistics Canada has released its Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) today.&lt;/span&gt;...</description><pubDate>2/26/2010 10:03:16 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Provides Tips for a Safe Holiday</title><link></link><description>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/uploads/testnews.jpg&quot; width=&quot;90&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;68&quot; /&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Holidays are a wonderful time for families and friends to gather and celebrate special times tog...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 7:50:12 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>New CEO at the CHEO Research Institute</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), the CHEO Research Institute (CHEO RI), the CHEO Foundation, and the University of Ottawa are p...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 7:52:47 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Enacts Next Steps in Pandemic Plan</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Given the high volumes of patients coming to its emergency department with symptoms of influenza, The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHE...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 7:54:32 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>New Study Looks at Re-Identification Risks of Hospital Pharmacy Prescription Records</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the inf...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 7:56:36 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Seeing Unexpected Volumes in Emergency; Seeks Community’s Help to Reduce Wait Times</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is currently seeing a significant increase in patients in its Emergency department compared to ...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 7:59:16 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Research Institute Study Uses Sophisticated Genetic Engineering to Improve Insulin-producing Beta Cells</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; One of the biggest mysteries about diabetes is why specialized cells in the pancreas stop secreting insulin, which the body needs in order to store glu...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:00:33 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO BIG STEPS Campaign Hits $10 Million Mark On Way to $25 Million Goal</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The CHEO Foundation is thrilled to announced that it has surpassed the $10 million mark in CHEO&amp;#8217;s BIG STEPS Campaign. The goal of the campaign is...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:01:22 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Dream of a Lifetime Lottery Purchasing Available Online!</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Today the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cheofoundation.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0066cc&quot; face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;CHEO F...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:02:30 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Celebrates Opening of $58 Million Expansion</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Donors, patients, hospital staff and dignitaries joined Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and CHEO President and CEO Michel Bilodeau today to officially ...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:03:39 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Doubles Hand Hygiene Compliance</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) today announced a giant step forward in its infection prevention and control program, more than...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:04:25 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO is On the Move!</title><link></link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211;Today, the Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
will begin moving its emergency department to a brand new unit, almost 50%
bigger th...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:05:50 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Pictogram Program to Help Make It Simpler, Safer to Take Medicine</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; If a picture is worth a thousand words then the Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FI...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:07:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Who’s Looking Through Your Medicine Cabinet?</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Canadians spend millions of dollars on prescription drugs each year. Prescription in hand, we normally head to our local drugstore and trust that our p...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:08:52 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Welcomes New Chair to Board of Trustees</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211;Johanne Levesque &amp;#8212; a local executive with more than twenty years of leadership experience in health, municipal and social services sectors -&amp;#8212...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:09:34 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Battles Cancer with Unique “Virus Therapy”</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211;A scientist at the Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is making exciting progress in the treatment of childhood cancers and brain cance...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:10:19 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Marks improve when kids are active</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;TORONTO &amp;#8211; If you&amp;#8217;re looking to have your kids excel in school, you may want to cut down on extra homework and spend some time at a park or playground with...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:12:29 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian doctors find better treatment for babies with respiratory infection and decrease hospitalization rates</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Canadian pediatricians have found a better way to help babies suffering from a lung infection called bronchiolitis and were able to reduce the number a...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:13:23 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO launches kids’ social cyberspace in the hospital place</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), TELUS and Kids&amp;#8217; Health Links Foundation today announce the launch of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:/...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:14:28 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEO Taking Steps to Improve Infection Control</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario today announced a series of steps to stop an outbreak of the Rotavirus on one of its patient care unit...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:15:23 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>CN Cycle for CHEO will continue as the Foundation’s Largest Cancer Fundraiser</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; The CHEO Foundation announced today that CN &amp;#8212; the iconic Canadian Railway company &amp;#8212; has become the new title sponsor of the Hospital&amp;#8217;...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:16:16 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Healthcare Leaders Discuss Impact of Global Economic Crisis</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211;Speaking at a round table discussion today at the Children&amp;#8217;s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Dr. Mira Roses, Director of the Pan American Heal...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:17:01 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Premier McGuinty Announces Funding for Development of the Ontario Perinatal Surveillance System (OPSS)</title><link></link><description>&lt;span class=&quot;bodytext&quot;&gt;OTTAWA &amp;#8211; Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was joined by CHEO patients and their families in marking the announcement of up to $4.6M annually towards the developm...</description><pubDate>1/11/2010 8:17:43 AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>