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August 2026 Review

August Healthcare Review: Pediatrics, Community Engagement, Patient Advocacy, Social Work, Indigenous & Culturally Safe Care.

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August 2026 Review

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Canadian first brings new precision to heart disease treatment

Hospitals should be part of Canada’s buy-Canadian strategy

Nerve blocks can cut opioid use after cardiac surgery

Redefining heart surgery: Sunnybrook’s cardiac robotic program

HEALTH CARE POLICY

Behavioural care built on Indigenous knowledge and partnership

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN

Vantive Expands Operations with New Vancouver-Area Distribution Facility to Strengthen Supply Chain Performance for Healthcare Providers

Embedding patient voices across care at Humber River Health

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

How Leading Associate Degree Programs Prepare Students for Anesthesia Technology Careers

People with HIV are aging. A UHN clinic is helping them thrive in their senior years

Integrating Liver Diagnostic Technologies With EHR Systems: Key Considerations

Healthcare organizations adopting tool to support patient and caregiver conversations

Taking a closer look at smoking cessation in primary care

SAFE MEDICATION

Electrolyte imbalances: Safe medication practices in the management of potassium disturbances

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Emergency physician burnout: 1 in 10 ED physicians leaving specialty

Study offers new insights into why ex-smokers remain at elevated risk of lung disease

Doctor-patient common tongue associated with better long-term survival: uOttawa study

Study detects immune changes up to 10 years before IBD is diagnosed

International research grant supports Canadian-led autism and neurodevelopmental research

Past Due: A plan for children and youth in Canada

Prom event makes ‘world’ of difference for patients and families

Daring to transform care

SickKids and UHN partnership advances robot-assisted surgery for adolescent patients

Patient- and family-centred approach to managing waitlists for children with complex needs

New embedded scientist role drives system-wide improvements for children, families

Canada’s first national Kangaroo-A-Thon logs more than 12,500 hours of skin-to-skin care for NICU babies

Language mixing has no negative effect on toddlers’ vocabulary development, Concordia research shows

Researchers reveal genomic fingerprints left by chemotherapy in childhood cancer

Making surgery planning easier for MCH kids with complex needs

MOM program brings high-tech precision to human milk for NICU babies

On-site rapid testing leads to decrease in emergency department visits among long term care residents