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Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
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Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE

Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare

Ruth Stewart is the Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare for CNA Canada. Ruth brings to her role a background in clinical nursing which includes experience in surgical, intensive care and trauma nursing as well as management of risk in the not-for-profit sector. She left the healthcare sector to work with an international broker using her clinical and operational knowledge to assist acute care and long term care insureds better manage their risks. Ruth works directly with insureds to manage operational risk, and develops publications, tools and other resources to help insureds manage risk. Ruth collaborates with a team of seasoned Healthcare Risk Control/Risk and Governance professionals in the US and UK to provide a comprehensive range of risk services to CNA’s insureds.

Ruth received her nursing training from George Brown College, and her Master in Health Administration from the University of Ottawa. She is a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), and a certified member (CHE) of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL).

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By Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare
Breaking Boundaries by Shifting to Decentralized Clinical Trials
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical trial enrolments were largely paused unless the trial was directly related to vaccine development or COVID-19 care.
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By Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare
Clinical Diagnostic Error in Primary Care – Understanding the Harm
When an individual interacts with the healthcare system, that person expects to receive safe, high-quality care. Unfortunately, inadvertent harm – a diagnostic error – may occur at any point along the continuum of patient care.
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By Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare
Understanding the Fundamentals of Informed Consent
Informed consent (IC) arises from the principle that a person has the right to make decisions about what happens to her or his body.
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By Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare
Workplace Burn-out Among Healthcare Professionals
As is evident from the extensive recent literature on workplace burn-out, stress and anxiety are chronic and widespread among healthcare professionals (HCPs).
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By Ruth L Stewart, BA, RN, MHA, CHE
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Healthcare
Life Sciences: Major threats facing research and development companies
Bringing life-changing drugs and medical devices to market involves a number of specialist life science companies working together to research, design, trial, manufacture and distribute new products.