Medicine

As a comprehensive Regional Cardiac Centre for northeastern Ontario, the cardiac program was founded over 30 years ago and has become a focal point for community support achieving international recognition for its clinical services. New procedures both in the operating room and in the cardiac catheterization area, such as beating heart surgery, complex valve surgery, and percutaneous coronary interventions have kept Health Sciences North's program at the leading edge of cardiac care.

Cardiac rehabilitation is an integral part of the continuum of health care provision to cardiac patients and acts as a resource to other programs in the northeast. Health Sciences North is a part of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario and a full participant in the provincial wait list strategy.

Heart failure is defined as the inability of the heart to pump adequately to meet the needs of the body. The team in the Heart Failure Disease Management Program provides comprehensive care for heart failure patients throughout the course of their treatment. The program is one of very few in Northeastern Ontario. We also have a new Cardiac Amyloidosis Clinic that screens and treats patients for this rare disease that leads to heart failure. We offer outpatient consultation and follow-up for patients either in-person at Health Sciences North or via videoconference (Ontario Telemedicine Network) if the patient’s condition warrants.

Learn more about the Heart Failure Disease Management Program.

The role of the team is to provide early assessment (preferably within 48 hours) of adults 65+ currently admitted to an inpatient bed. The focus will be on those patients that have lost or are at risk to lose independence in their activities of daily living as a result of their acute illness.

The ultimate goal is to improve functional outcomes of seniors at hospital discharge, reducing the length of stay needed to achieve these outcomes, and resulting in decreased risk for hospital re-admission and becoming ALC awaiting long-term care placement.

The 6 bed palliative unit offers a multidisciplinary approach to care to address physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial concerns that arise during the course of palliative and end of life care. Particular concern is given to pain and symptom management that cannot be provided in a community setting. Care is provided by a highly trained inter professional team with an intense focus on palliation of symptoms.

The Respiratory Department consists of highly trained staff supported by three Respirologists. Respiratory therapists and support staff play a valued role in patient care throughout the hospital system, from critical care through to outpatient clinics including diagnostic testing and pulmonary rehabilitation.

The 52 bed Oncology and Medical Unit offers inpatient treatment and a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services with a client centered approach to acute medical patients admitted with disease or disorders with the specialty of Oncology, Nephrology and General Internal Medicine. Highly trained physicians, nurses and professional staff provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of these patients.

This Oncology and Medical Unit is also part of the Clinical Teaching Unit as a component of our academic learning centre.

This 39-bed General and Internal Medicine Unit is intended to service the acute medical patients. The unit is the designated Stroke Unit for the HSN. This focus allows us to offer the highest level of specialty care for both the patient and their family. Care is provided by a highly trained interdisciplinary team having the needed skills and abilities to service the diverse needs of the patients admitted to the unit. We offer a comprehensive spectrum of diagnostic and related therapeutic services.

This unit is also part of the Clinical Teaching Unit as a component of our academic learning centre.

This 39 bed Respiratory Care Unit offers medical treatment and a full range of diagnostic and related therapeutic services with a client centered approach to patients with mild, moderate and severe respiratory diseases and acute medical patients.

Highly trained physicians, nurses and professional staff provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary and academic approach to the diagnosis and management of adult patients with respiratory diseases.

The Respiratory Care Unit is also part of the Clinical Teaching Unit as a component of our academic learning centre.

Stroke prevention clinic