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Study offers hope for hard-to-treat type 2 diabetes

Lisa Mercer had tried just about everything to regulate the ups and downs of her blood sugars, from a strict diet to medication to four-a-day-day insulin shots. But her busy life with type 2 diabetes finally started to feel better when she enrolled in a clinical trial at St. Joseph’s Health Care London to test the effectiveness of a system that combined glucose monitoring with an automated insulin pump. “It was life-changing for me. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 25 years ago and my blood sugars have always been all over the map. I felt sort of helpless. I said yes to this clinical trial...

Launched well-being initiatives for our staff and physicians

From pet visitation to on-site massages and healthy living education sessions, staff and physicians across St. Joseph’s participated in offerings to improve their personal well-being. In the fall of 2023, St. Joseph’s launched the Healthy Living Series to provide staff, physicians, learners and...

Provided specialized sexual assault care closer to home through partnership

Victims of sexual assault in Oxford County can now receive expert follow-up care close to home instead of having to travel to London. As part of an innovative partnership between the Oxford County Community Health Centre (OCCHC) and St. Joseph’s Regional Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence...

Received top honours for our DocTalks Podcast

St. Joseph’s DocTalks Podcast was awarded an International Association of Business Communicators Virtuoso Award of Excellence and reached more than 10,000 downloads across 57 countries. St. Joseph’s DocTalks Podcast is one-way our organization engages our community and far beyond in our work...

Were Accredited with Exemplary Standing

St. Joseph’s was awarded Accreditation with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada, extending an achievement the organization has held for 16 straight years. St. Joseph’s Health Care London, which has held the highest designation awarded by Accreditation Canada for the past 12 years, once again...

Celebrated a very special graduation ceremony

St. Joseph’s, in collaboration with Hutton House and Thames Valley District School Board, hosted youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities for Project SEARCH, a 10-month internship program that helps them find meaningful employment. The school-to-work training program involves...

Ranked 53rd among Canada’s top employers

St. Joseph's was once again recognized by Forbes as a leading Canadian employer, ranking the organization 53rd in its annual list of Canada’s top 300 employers. Among health care and social service organizations, St. Joseph’s placed an impressive third, alongside Children’s Hospital of Eastern...

Became a centre of excellence in molecular imaging and theranostics

St. Joseph’s began the journey to become a centre of excellence in the treatment of disease by advancing the powerful blend of precision diagnostic imaging and targeted therapy. In a Canadian first, St. Joseph’s and Lawson Health Research Institute, in partnership with GE HealthCare, became a centre...

Finch Family Mental Health Care Building

Enhanced short stay capacity for mental health care patients 

St. Joseph’s advocated for funding for 12 new beds to provide crucial services for mental health care patients The new beds, sited at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute Finch Family Mental Health Care Building allows the organization's mental health care program to continue to offer crisis intervention...

Transformed the breast biopsy experience

Our teams worked to develop a new breast cancer biopsy method that combines contrast enhanced mammography (CEM) with mammography-guided biopsy technology to streamline the process for patients and technicians. In a newly published study in the American Journal of Roentgenology, a team at Lawson...