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CHEO among Canada’s leading research hospitals

OTTAWA – Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals 2019, published today by Research Infosource, ranks the CHEO Research Institute 25th nationally and 10th provincially, based on its research income of more than $24M in 2018.

Release: Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals 2019

“I’m very proud of our ranking, but it’s just one benchmark of success. What really motivates us is the impact of our research for patients and their...

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CHEO joins global effort to advance nursing care as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization

CHEO announced today a three-year partnership with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) to become a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO),  joining a network of BPSOs spanning 13 countries.  

“This opportunity will help transform nursing care at CHEO and build on our strong record of nursing excellence by implementing this evidence-based practice,” said Ann Lynch, CHEO’s Chief Nurse Executive and Vice-president...

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Changing Your Lens: website focuses on general needs of families with medically complex children

OTTAWA — It started as an idea from families of children and youth with complex medical needs. It became a program in Ottawa — co-designed and co-led by parents, and run by CHEO and Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre — to help these families cope with the unique non-medical challenges of their lives, including parent-to-parent support. Now it’s evolved into ChangingYourLens.ca, a website launched today to help care providers and organizations...

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Youth and families on the need for a pediatric Ontario Health Team

This evening at 6 pm, two youth and four parent panelists will talk about the complexity of accessing pediatric health care in Eastern Ontario and their vision for how hospitals, community providers, family physicians and other partners can team-up to create better, faster access to health care and meet the unique needs of children and youth in our region.

Time:   Sept. 23, 2019, at 6:00 pm

Where: Online video conference via...

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Journal conference takes school science fairs to the next level

Ottawa—Today, marking its one-year anniversary, the Canadian Science Fair Journal is providing student authors, in grades 7 to 12, a chance to present their projects to other students across Canada at CSFJ Connect 2019, the journal’s first-ever conference taking place at CHEO, in Ottawa.

Presenting to students in person at CHEO and to classrooms connecting via the web, the authors’ topics are wide ranging and include:

• developing...

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