A new study – published in Nursing Research – has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study, from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), examined data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators to assess trends in nursing-sensitive quality indicators  from 2019 to 2022. The prevention of these very distressing, uncomfortable conditions is considered to be under the nurse’s purview and directly influenced by nursing care.

For patients with alcohol use disorder, exercise not only reduces alcohol dependence, but also improves mental and physical health, per systematic review

Three Baycrest leaders are among those named winners of Women Executive Network’s (WXN) prestigious 2024 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, celebrating exceptional leadership and groundbreaking achievements that have meaningfully transformed their industries, companies, communities and country. Dr. Allison Sekuler, President and Chief Scientist, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education and President and Chief Scientist, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation, powered by Baycrest (CABHI) was recognized in the BMO STEM category. Dr. Nicole Anderson, Director, Baycrest’s Ben & Hilda Katz Interprofessional Research Centre in Geriatric and Dementia care and Associate Scientific Director, Baycrest’s Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health & Wellness has also been recognized in the BMO STEM category. Melissa Turzanski, Program Director, Care Transformation and Innovation, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care has been honoured in the professionals category.