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How a bedside question became JAMA-published research

For Dr. Steven Reynolds, innovation in healthcare starts with practical questions arising at the hospital bedside.

For instance, can more be done to reduce complications linked to the central lines used every day in intensive care units?

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BC-led clinical trial points to safer care for critically ill patients

Royal Columbian Hospital and Simon Fraser University researchers report reduction in central-line complications in JAMA-published Canadian ICU study NEW WESTMINSTER, […]

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Investing in ideas

Dr. Ali Abdalvand collects ideas. The Royal Columbian Hospital emergency physician considers himself an amateur inventor, albeit one who has never really gone beyond putting his thoughts to paper. However, Dr. Abdalvand and others at the hospital are getting a unique chance to bring their innovative healthcare ideas to life, with help from a donor to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

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