EMPOWER Digital Awards

Four more EMPOWER awards are being “powered” with OSSU funding to extend the impact of patient-oriented research in Ontario, this time with an increased focus on digital health solutions: Helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities better manage and communicate…

Subventions en santé numérique EMPOWER

Quatre projets EMPOWER de plus sont « propulsés » avec l’aide financière de l’USSO pour étendre la portée de la recherche axée sur le patient en Ontario, cette fois en mettant l’accent sur les solutions de santé numériques : Aider les adultes ayant…

Multimedia course brings patient engagement to life for students

Tasked with delivering a patient-engagement workshop for graduate students in the Friday afternoon slot of a four-day bootcamp, organizers got creative with video, multimedia, storytelling and more. “We knew we had to be pretty darn engaging,” says Dr. Kerry Kuluski,…

Policy perspectives

How do you keep the idea of an essential medicines list fresh? Who needs to know about an innovative way to deliver youth mental health services? How do you make research findings relevant to communities? These were some of the…

Perspectives sur les politiques

Comment s’assurer que l’idée d’une liste de médicaments essentiels reste dans l’actualité? Qui a besoin de connaître une façon innovatrice d’offrir des services de santé mentale aux jeunes? Comment faire en sorte que les résultats de la recherche soient pertinents…

It’s in the DNA

Like threads in woven fabric, patient engagement is becoming firmly entrenched at The Ottawa Hospital. “It is becoming part of the hospital’s DNA,” says Dean Fergusson, head of the Ottawa Methods Centre, OSSU’s Scientific co-Lead and a key advocate for…