Advanced Practice Nurse Sheryl McDiarmid is a true trailblazer who has helped define nursing leadership. Driven by a belief that patient care could be better, she turned bold ideas into innovations that transformed treatment for people receiving bone marrow transplants and built a 50-year legacy of care at The Ottawa Hospital.

Caring for our seniors takes a village. The Ottawa Hospital and Schlegel Villages have partnered for The Village of Riverbank Terrace, a 256-bed long-term care home at our Riverside Campus. Find out how this new home will help fulfill the needs of Ottawa’s growing community of seniors.

Caregivers of stem cell transplant patients rarely get a moment to themselves, but a new volunteer-led initiative at TOH is changing that. Coffee for Caregivers provides an opportunity for comfort and connection for the people who are always showing up for someone else.

Most inhalers contain around 200 doses of medication, yet the average patient uses fewer than 10 before the device is discarded. New research by The Ottawa Hospital’s pharmacy team shows how small operational changes like inhaler recycling, smarter prescribing and tamper-proof seals can reduce medication waste and TOH’s carbon footprint — without compromising patient care.

From admission to discharge, managing medications safely and accurately in hospital takes careful planning and clinical expertise, along with a good dose of teamwork between pharmacy teams, patients, families and caregivers.

The Ottawa Hospital is proud to share that Dr. Kathleen Gartke has recently been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour. A pioneering orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Gartke has been recognized for advancing patient care and women’s leadership in medicine.