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 Grand River Hospital is a leader in high-quality care. We’ve been building new facilities, launching new quality improvement programs and doing more to support our patients and their families before, during and after their stay with us.
Some of our recent achievements include the following:
- The Grand River Regional Cancer Centre continues to lead Ontario cancer facilities for the best access to radiation therapy and chemotherapy, providing patients with excellent cancer care closer to home;
- Grand River Hospital’s childbirth program continues to score 97 per cent satisfaction ratings from families. Over 4,300 babies are born every year at GRH’s childbirth program at our hospital’s KW Site;
- One of the most exciting developments within the renal program has been the amazing growth in our home hemodialysis program. In less than 18 months, we have grown from three patients to almost 20 (and counting). Our patients are showing more interest in home dialysis options, and we continue to develop and build our program to meet needs within our communities;
- In the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s annual hospital standardized mortality ratio report for 2009 (released in December 2010), Grand River Hospital was the most improved hospital in Canada. Our HSMR (which measures actual hospital deaths compared to expected hospital deaths) dropped from 119 in 2008 to 80 in 2009, with further improvements expected;
- Grand River Hospital received an unconditional accreditation from Accreditation Canada in June 2010. Fewer than 20 per cent of Canadian hospitals receive unconditional accreditations;
- In March 2010, Grand River Hospital received a Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award recognizing the hospital’s efforts in workplace training;
- Working with the Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre, we have implemented the Home First approach to help support patients in their homes after being discharged from hospital;
- Working with St. Mary’s General Hospital, we have put in place a standardized surgical safety checklist to ensure patient safety in surgery and better communication among operating room staff;
- In 2009, the World Health Organization recognized Grand River Hospital’s achievement as a baby-friendly hospital due to its work to encourage breast-feeding for mothers and newborns; and
- We’re actively revitalizing our care facilities, with nearly $77 million in capital construction at our KW and Freeport Sites in recent years. We have opened 50 new specialized mental health beds at the Freeport Site. At our KW Site, we have opened new cancer care services such as a brachytherapy suite, a new acute inpatient mental health unit, improved minor outpatient procedure and day surgery facilities and a state-of-the-art intensive care unit… with more improvements underway. Funding from the Government of Ontario, the Region of Waterloo and generous community donors through the Grand River Hospital Foundation has supported efforts to modernize our hospital sites.
Through our website, we look forward to telling you more about how we’re working to provide excellent care with compassion to residents of the Waterloo Region and our neighbors. |
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