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Feedback from the community will help shape the future of health care for Vaughan, Richmond Hill, King and surrounding areas on topics such as coordination of care, virtual/digital health and caring for seniors.
Richmond Hill, ON (September 16, 2019) – A special Telephone Town Hall hosted by the Western York Region Ontario Health Team welcomed 11,609 residents from Vaughan, Richmond Hill, King, Thornhill and nearby communities. The purpose of the call was to gain...
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Caring for our growing community It’s been a busy summer with construction advancing at Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital. Incredible progress is being made from the inside-out. This includes the Critical Care area which will support patients and their families who need urgent care and...
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Richmond Hill, Ontario (August 23, 2019) – Today, Mackenzie Health was named a 2019 recipient of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence. This award recognizes Mackenzie Health for thoughtful application of health information and technology to substantially improve clinical care delivery, patient outcomes and population health. The Davies Awards program promotes HIMSS vision of better health through information...
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Two hospitals, one exceptional health care vision Every day is one day closer to our two-hospital future and giving patients and families the best possible care at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital, scheduled to open in late 2020. The result: two full-service...
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It’s becoming more common to find Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public and office spaces. Used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, this lifesaving medical device can analyze the heart’s rhythm and deliver an electrical shock – or defibrillation – to help restart the heart’s rhythm.
Mackenzie Health recently had five AEDs installed in key high-traffic areas across the Richmond Hill hospital:   
A-wing...
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