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Brant Community Healthcare System Becomes First in Canada to Sign for MEDITECH as a Service (MaaS)
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 10:41 AM
The Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is the first MEDITECH customer in Canada to sign up for MEDITECH as a Service (MaaS), the cloud-based subscription model of the...
BGH welcomes first baby of New Year
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 10:25 AM
Say hello to Beau, the first baby born at Brantford General Hospital in 2024.
Beau was born at 3:01 a.m. on January 1, 2024. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 15 oz and is the first...
Healthcare system receives "exemplary standing" from Accreditation Canada
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 10:20 AM
Brant Community Healthcare System has received the highest possible ranking from a national accrediting organization.
Accreditation Canada awarded the healthcare system...
Increase in People Using Brantford ER as Shelter
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 09:16 AM
The Brantford General Hospital have seen an increase in people using the Emergency Department as shelter. Dr. Somaiah Ahmed, Chief and Medical Director of Emergency Medicine...
BCHS Receives Accreditation Award with Exemplary Standing
Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2024 09:10 AM
For Immediate Release
January 3, 2024
BCHS Receives Accreditation Award with Exemplary StandingBrantford, ON – Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is pleased to announce...
Accessing health care during holiday season
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2023 08:31 AM
Dr. Somaiah Ahmed, Chief & Medical Director of the Emergency Department at the Brant Community Healthcare System (Brantford General Hospital and Willett Hospital, Paris) has...
BCHS Launches Hope for Healthcare
Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2023 08:04 AM
The BGH Emergency Department is our area’s leading provider of emergency medical care and services for Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations of The Grand River, Mississaugas...
Local Health Navigator App Launched
Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 02:33 PM
Navigating the complexities of the healthcare system can be difficult for patients and their families. To make it easier, nineteen organizations throughout Brantford, Brant,...
Long awaited hospital emergency department project underway
Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2023 08:35 AM
Last week, Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) leaders and BCHS Foundation representatives met with local elected officials to tour the renovations currently underway in...
BCHS is First in Canada to Adopt Cloud Based Meditech EHR
Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2023 10:35 AM
The Brant Community Healthcare System is the first healthcare organization in Canada to opt for a fully managed, cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) electronic health...
Stroke Prevention: Know your risks
Posted on Friday, October 27, 2023 10:51 AM
At her trailer in Copetown last summer, Deborah Harper was getting ready to go into town to do some shopping. In her early 70s, Deborah was active and had just received a...
Hospital Volunteer: “It Begins with a Smile”
Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2023 09:16 AM
Dianna Cowie decided in 2019 to become a volunteer at the Brant Community Healthcare System and she has not looked back.
Dianna volunteered in the ambulatory care department...
New central monitoring system enhances patient care at BGH
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2023 08:16 AM
“Our emergency physicians, nurses, and everyone who works in the emergency department at the BGH care for about 60,000 patients each year so when any of our equipment begins...
Community voice loud, clear and successful
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2023 08:58 AM
Last year the Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) launched a government relations campaign called ‘This Is Our Time to Build a Better BCHS' .
"We needed everyone to know...
Feature: Dr. Lucie Gregoire
Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 01:38 PM
For our September Chief of Staff feature, I had the honour of sitting down with Dr. Lucie Gregoire, a BCHS hospitalist, to learn about her background, career, and life...
BGH improves access to CT care
Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2023 08:00 AM
Earlier this summer a group of hospital employees, physicians, and donors gathered to celebrate the arrival of a new CT scanner in the diagnostic imaging department at the...
Temporary D-Wing Entry Update at Brantford General Hospital
Posted on Friday, September 01, 2023 12:49 PM
Please be advised that as of Friday, September 1, 2023 at 12pm, the D-wing entrance at Brantford General Hospital will be temporarily closed due to ongoing construction. During...
Willett nurse loves her career and her daughter
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2023 08:36 AM
This week's Hospital Insider features Lisa Welton, a nurse at both the Willett, Paris and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton.
“I love being an urgent care nurse. We get to see...
Once a nurse, always a nurse
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2023 08:03 AM
This week’s Hospital Insider features the dedication of Ruth Valade’s 50 years as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Brantford and her continuation of volunteering once a week in the...
Local Integrated Stroke Unit Celebrates 10 Years
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2023 11:36 AM
In 2013, Elke Hilgendag and Dr. Catherine Ballyk of the Brant Community Healthcare System were part of a team who collaborated to support the opening of an Integrated Stroke...
Effects of hospital mask-friendly policy at BCHS
Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 01:42 PM
This weeks Hospital Insider reflects on our BCHS COVID-19 response and addresses the current mask-friendly policy.
“Masks are still provided at all the entrances and throughout...
Ontario Investing in New Emergency Room for Brantford
Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 03:31 PM
Province investing over $28Mfor Emergency Room upgrades at BGH
July 18, 2023
Brantford – As part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government...
BCHS Introduces Interim President and CEO
Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2023 02:22 PM
On June 30, 2023, Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) welcomed Erin Sleeth into the role of Interim President & CEO.
“I am honoured and humbled to be appointed the...
Family takes precedence for retiring hospital president
Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2023 08:19 AM
In 2018, Dr. David McNeil became the Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) President & CEO.
During his leadership significant improvements have been made to BHCS such as...
Stroke Recovery is a Marathon, not a Sprint
Posted on Monday, June 12, 2023 06:00 AM
On December 13, 2022, John Scott pulled into the Service Canada parking lot knowing that something was wrong.
People passing by assumed he was intoxicated. Thankfully a...
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