Research & Innovation Finding the signal in the noise Each year the QEII Health Sciences Centre receives nearly one million patient visits, including 70,000 emergency room visits, and 26,000 overnight...
Research & Innovation Dr. Michael Dunbar named inaugural QEII Foundation Endowed Chair in Arthroplasty Outcomes Candy Palmater remembers the day she couldn’t ignore or fight the pain any longer. “I was alone in a hotel room and I couldn't put on my own nylons.”...
Research & Innovation Sterilization upgrades at the QEII Every day, staff at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s medical device reprocessing department prepare for approximately 100 surgeries. Each...
Research & Innovation Meet the custom shoemaker of the QEII Andrew Hoar gives patients at the QEII’s Multidisciplinary Leg Ulcer Clinic a simple choice, “I can make you a new shoe or a new leg. Which do you...
Research & Innovation Enhancing dialysis with spin class In the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s dialysis unit, patient Tracy Murphy is doing more than passing the hours with television or a good book. While...
Research & Innovation New centre for dialysis patients Carol Betts couldn’t stop smiling when she walked into the bright, new dialysis unit at the QEII’s Halifax Infirmary on opening day in...
Research & Innovation Speeding up DNA sequencing A new DNA sequencing machine at the QEII will help unlock the mysteries of genetic diseases and find tailor-made treatments for patients. This new...
Research & Innovation Investing in our future To offer a world-class level of health care, there must be a mandate to have high standards of care, a long-term vision for the future,...
Research & Innovation QEII Foundation grants support rehabilitation The QEII Foundation’s Rehabilitation Program Endowment Fund was created in 1996 to provide annual grants to the QEII's Acquired Brain...