2021 Celebrations: Research and Innovation
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Using remote monitoring so patients can recover from surgery and COVID-19 at home
This new program allowed enrolled patients to recover at home while being remotely monitored by our virtual care team through technology partner’s Cloud DX platform. It helped keep patients out of the hospital when space was in high demand, while still receiving the care they needed. Read about a surgery patient and a COVID-19 patient.
Hamilton Health Sciences is making discoveries through research and innovation that are transforming the way healthcare is provided locally, nationally and around the world.
HHS is recognized as one of the world’s leading health sciences research organizations, and 2021 stories highlighted some exciting projects and milestones. This included Drs. MyLinh Duong and Tim O’Shea testing an alternative, non-invasive way to detect COVID-19 with breath screening technology.
In May, we celebrated International Clinical Trials Day with multiple stories of patients participating in cutting-edge clinical trials led by HHS researchers. Each patient jumped at the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial not only for their own potential benefit, but to help others in their position.
Plus, HHS’ Clinical Stem Cell Laboratory played a key role in a groundbreaking gene therapy study for patients with Fabry disease. It could drastically improve the lives of those with the rare condition and set the stage for further testing.
2021 also spurred some innovative thinking. Dr. Kourosh Sabri fostered the idea of bringing virtual eye exams to Indigenous children in remote areas of Hudson and James Bay as part of the Indigenous Children Eye Examination (ICEE) program. The GERAS Centre put a virtual spin on their DANCE study. And two HHS ultrasound technologists designed an extended face shield for use in ultrasound across HHS.
Read all the 2021 celebration stories this month.
HHS physicians lead study to test COVID-19 breath screening technology
Celebrating HHS `Medical Heroes’ who make clinical trials possible
Remote monitoring of heart patients prevents an emergency
HHS stem cell lab plays key role in groundbreaking gene therapy study
HHS physician instrumental in bringing virtual eye exams to Indigenous children
Seniors DANCE program waltzes across Canada
Hamilton-area PPE collaboration leads to innovative product