The deadline for submitting your Saskatoon Health Region Community Grants Program application is May 15... read more
Chronic Disease Management Conference
The 2012 Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Conference invites all health-care professionals and community members to learn about innovative initiatives in the area of chronic disease management. Learn about the conference and the public forum... read more
Drug Supply Disruption
Please see the following information regarding the drug supply disruption:
Smokestream.ca is a place for Saskatchewan teens and pre-teens to talk about tobacco use and compare opinions, with a focus on ages 11-14... read more
St. Mary's Villa - Dust Wing Floor Truss Engineering Report
The final engineering report looking into structural flooring issues in the Dust Wing at St. Mary’s Villa in Humboldt, is now available... View the Report (PDF)
News from Saskatoon Health Region
The Lean issue - RPIWs are an important step
to a Lean Organization
As a patient representative, Deb Johnston had been on the receiving end of a testing procedure but never knew the process involved once the test was complete.
“I learned what the wait times were on the other side of things,” she explains. “It was really surprising to learn how many people have a part to play in a test or diagnostics procedure, which in my mind are just a small portion of my overall experience. And not just people but things like fax machines, labels and charts. There’s just so much stuff there that I wasn’t aware of.”... read more
Another step in design for Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Health Region pediatrics and emergency staff and physicians, along with patients and parents, spent a week finding process improvements and developing 3D models and life size mock ups for areas that will eventually become part of our new maternal and children's hospital...Watch the video | More on CHS
You can help improve our care and service
Community members are invited to join the Client and Family Centred Care Steering Team or one of our patient and family advisory councils. These groups work with leadership, staff and physicians to improve the quality of care and service for clients and their families...read more
Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative
The Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative strives to improve surgical patients' care experience and ensure that no one in the province has to wait longer than three months for the option to have surgery by 2014.