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Notice for families visiting CHEO between Nov. 19 and Dec. 6

OTTAWA — Starting today, crews contracted by Infrastructure Ontario — on behalf of the Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services — will be doing on-site surface scans and drilling holes to gather information about the location for CHEO’s new integrated treatment centre, 1door4care.

The testing is scheduled to run from November 19 to December 6. It will provide details about the site’s environmental, geotechnical, and hydrogeological conditions, which is required for the...

New Aakuluk Clinic optimizes medical care for Inuit families at CHEO

Photo Gallery: Aakuluk Clinic launch will appear here on the public site.

OTTAWA — CHEO’s Aakuluk Clinic, launched today, will serve as a hub that organizes health care for children and youth from Nunavut with complex medical needs. The word aakuluk is an Inuktitut term expressing warmth, love and affection — how CHEO hopes Inuit families feel while accessing care.

“Inuit families are far from their...

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...

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...

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...