Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that ...

A psychotherapeutic method known as BATHE (Background, Affect, Trouble, Handling and Empathy) could improve patient satisfaction in the pre-operative evaluation by anesthesiologists, according to a ...

Discover how often balloon sinus dilation is done without recommended preoperative CT imaging and why it matters for safety.

Decisions that are made early on in the perioperative process by the patient or their surgeon can have far-reaching effects down the line, so it’s critical to optimize the pre-op preparation strategy, ...

The rate of meningeal disease was significantly lower in patients who received radiation prior to surgery. Pre-operative fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) may produce better outcomes than ...

Toronto, Canada-based SeamlessMD, a company that has developed an engagement tool for surgery patients, has raised $1.1 million from BDC Capital, FundersClub and angel investors. “Surgery is one of ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...

The state of rural healthcare is dwindling, and with 46 million Americans living in rural areas, the lack of resources can pose a threat to the care they receive and overall outcomes. In the case of ...

A new study suggests outcomes for major surgery are improved when patients receive one-on-one prehabilitation care prior to ...