January 6, 2010
COMMUNITY CALENDAR & PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Across Niagara, hospital programs and services are changing. Drop by an information open house Jan. 18 to learn more and speak to Niagara Health System leaders about …current and future programs at Welland Site; emergency and urgent care services; hospital improvement plan; construction update on new healthcare complex and [...]
December 3, 2009
The news media is invited to join the City of Port Colborne and Niagara Health System as we welcome Dr. Haibo Xu and staff as the newest Family Health Organization in Port Colborne. Elected officials, area physicians and hospital leaders will be in attendance. Dr. Xu will be seeing patients at Niagara Health’s Port Colborne [...]
December 2, 2009
Niagara, ON: Niagara Health System (NHS) is beginning the process today to close 39 Complex Continuing Care (CCC) beds next year as part of the Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP). With the changes occurring in healthcare, including the focus on aging at home strategies, home care enhancements and community-based services, the length of stay for CCC [...]
November 16, 2009
Across Niagara, hospital programs and services are changing. Drop by an information open house in our Lake Erie communities to learn more and speak to Niagara Health System leaders about … current and future programs at Port Colborne and Douglas Memorial sites; emergency and urgent care services; hospital improvement plan; construction update on new healthcare [...]
October 21, 2009
Across Niagara, hospital programs and services are changing. Drop by an information open house Oct. 29 to learn more and speak to Niagara Health System leaders about current and future programs at Greater Niagara General Site: Emergency and Urgent Care services; Hospital Improvement Plan; construction update on new healthcare complex and hospital Foundations. Niagara Health [...]
October 15, 2009
NIAGARA, ON – Ambulances will begin taking certain patients to the Urgent Care Centre (UCC) at the Port Colborne Site beginning Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. The determination of whether a patient will be transported to the UCC will be made based on an assessment by paramedics. Paramedics will be guided by a [...]
September 27, 2009
NIAGARA, ON – Ambulances will begin taking non-emergency patients to the Urgent Care Centre at the Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie beginning Monday, September 28th at 8:00 a.m. Niagara Health System (NHS) and Niagara Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) have worked collaboratively through recent months to develop new guidelines for nonemergency patients to be transferred [...]
September 1, 2009
Learn More at Public Information Session Naturally, there are many questions about the transition from Emergency to Urgent Care in Port Colborne and Fort Erie. A number of information sessions are being planned for the summer and into the fall. Here is a list of events that everyone is welcome to attend. Stay tuned for [...]
June 24, 2009
NIAGARA, Ontario: In what healthcare professionals are planning will be a seamless transition, the Niagara Health System is finalizing details to convert the Port Colborne Site’s Emergency Room in less than two weeks to a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week Urgent Care Centre, the first of its kind in Ontario. “We’ve been working on many details with this [...]
June 16, 2009
Niagara, Ontario: After discussions with local physicians, the City of Port Colborne and in response to the ongoing concerns of many residents of the City of Port Colborne, the Niagara Health System (NHS) has put forward a plan for healthcare services for the Port Colborne Site as part of the implementation of the Hospital Improvement [...]
June 15, 2009
Niagara, Ontario: After extensive discussions with local physicians, the Town of Fort Erie and in response to the ongoing concerns of many residents of the Fort Erie community, the Niagara Health System (NHS) has put forward a plan for health care services for the Douglas Memorial site as part of the implementation of the Hospital [...]
June 11, 2009
Some people in Niagara believe that the Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie and the Port Colborne Site are going to close. This is not true – our Douglas Memorial and Port Colborne sites are open, and will remain open after the Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP) changes take place to continue to provide important quality [...]
June 4, 2009
This year, the Niagara Health System is converting the ER Departments to Urgent Care Centres at Port Colborne Site (targeting early July/09) and Douglas Memorial Site (targeting late September/09). These Urgent Care Centres will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Naturally, there are many questions about the transition from Emergency to [...]
May 21, 2009
Surgical or Peri-Operative Program – Moving to Centres of Excellence Ophthalmology – Detailed meetings among NHS program leads have been taking place over the last few months, to move this service from five sites to two sites, at Ontario Street Site – St. Catharines and Welland Site, which occurred on May 19. This is the [...]
March 2, 2009
NIAGARA, ON: Work to improve quality patient care in Niagara is moving forward in Year One of the Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP) with the identification of a number of initiatives that can take place at the Niagara Health System (NHS) between Spring and Fall 2009… more
January 30, 2009
The Hospital Improvement Plan has received final approval from our Local Health Integration Network…more.
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November 19, 2008
The Board of Trustees of the Niagara Health System (NHS) last night approved a revised vision for the Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP) based on community consultation and the key findings of the external review headed by Dr. Jack Kitts.
November 12, 2008
Dr. Chris Carruthers, the retired Chief of Staff of the Ottawa Hospital, will act as the facilitator to assist the Medical Staff Association (MSA) and the leadership of Niagara Health System (NHS) to renew their relations.
November 5, 2008
The Board of Trustees of the Niagara Health System (NHS) is taking the first step to renew relations with the Medical Staff following a vote of non-confidence last week.
October 28, 2008
On October 28, 2008, Dr. Jack Kitts, the External Advisor to the HNHB Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) presented his recommendations on the NHS’s Hospital Improvement Plan.
October 22, 2008
Public feedback to the Niagara Health System’s (NHS) Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP) was significant, and the NHS sincerely appreciates the efforts of members of the community through the consultation process.
July 29, 2008
With healthcare spending topping $63.8 billion in Ontario this year and financial and human resource constraints facing hospitals across the province …
July 17, 2008
A Hospital Improvement Plan (HIP) that provides a framework to enhance quality of hospital care across the region …
June 26, 2008
The NHS wants to hear from the public to help identify better ways to deliver quality care to our community and make better use of all of our resources.