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Osler honoured with national awards for excellence in patient safety and excellence in IDEA
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:01 PM
William Osler Health System (Osler) has been recognized with two prestigious national awards from the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL), underscoring its leadership in delivering safe, inclusive, and high-quality care.
Osler has received CCHL’s 2025 Excellence in Patient Safety Award for its Seniors’ Health Program and implementation of The Butterfly Approach™, an emotion-focused care model supporting older adults with dementia. Osler’s Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit is the first...
Meet Wanda Leah: Values Champion for Compassion
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 09:00 AM
Healing starts in the waiting room.
This phrase, printed on a poster in the waiting room of the Mental Health Outpatient Program at Brampton Civic Hospital, is something that Osler Clerical Associate, Wanda Leah, truly believes.
“(Clerical Associates) are the first contact patients have, the first face they see, so if we can greet patients in reception with a smile, and make them feel more comfortable, that can go a long way,” she said.
Wanda has been helping to create a warm and welcoming...
New study reveals path to better outcomes through faster, more accurate biomarker testing
Posted on Monday, April 21, 2025 01:49 PM
A landmark Canadian study is calling attention to urgent gaps in biomarker testing for non-small cell lung cancer, revealing a clear path to better patient outcomes and more equitable access to life-saving care across the country.
Published in JTO Clinical and Research Reports, the study was developed through the Canadian Pathology Quality Assurance end-to-end quality assurance (EQA) program. The Advanced Diagnostics team at Osler led this cross-disciplinary effort which examined biomarker...
Humber Polytechnic and William Osler Health System celebrate academic practice partnership
Posted on Monday, April 14, 2025 04:01 PM
Humber Polytechnic and William Osler Health System (Osler) are addressing the health human resource challenges in Ontario with the Humber-Osler academic practice partnership (APP), Canada’s first formal collaboration of its kind between a polytechnic and a hospital. This pioneering initiative is designed to transform nursing education, enhance patient care and strengthen the health care workforce through innovative clinical practice, education and research collaboration.
“The Humber-Osler...
People of Peel Memorial: Baljit Ghuman, community member
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2025 09:00 AM
Baljit Ghuman was just 15 years old when his family immigrated to Canada from India in 1990. After making Brampton their home, he had his first introduction to Canada’s health care system when he had to visit William Osler Health System’s (Osler) original Peel Memorial Hospital. He was impressed.
“The staff looking after me was so compassionate and caring,” he said. “They showed a lot of concern for my health, and it was clear that the people they care for really matter to them. It was very...
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