“How will Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence change the healthcare we provide?” AMS Healthcare is offering one-year fellowships of up to $75,000 to early and mid-career academic researchers and scholars and regulated health care professionals to study and develop expertise/competence…
The pandemic’s impact on long-term care (LTC) homes has been a devastating glut of COVID-19 infections and deaths in residents and staff, and isolation of residents from their families and caregivers. It has also highlighted long-standing challenges, such as poor…
L’impact de la pandémie sur les centres de soins de longue durée a été une accablante prolifération d’infections à COVID-19 et de décès chez les résidents et le personnel, ainsi que l’isolement des résidents de leurs familles et de leurs…
The seismic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on how health care is delivered, shifting seemingly overnight from in-person to virtual care, is likened to driving a car. “We went from zero to 70 really fast,” says Dr. Sacha Bhatia, a…
L’impact sismique de la pandémie de COVID‑19 sur la manière dont les soins de santé sont fournis, soit un virage quasi instantané du mode personnel au mode virtuel, fait penser à la conduite automobile. « Nous avons accéléré de 0 à…
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need to deliver virtual care for patients across Ontario, including people with chronic diseases like diabetes. Diabetes Action Canada (DAC) partnered with OSSU through a ‘roundtable’ discussion to elicit ideas from diverse stakeholders, including…
La pandémie de COVID‑19 a accéléré le besoin de fournir des soins en mode virtuel aux patients partout en Ontario, y compris aux personnes présentant des affections chroniques comme le diabète. Action Diabète Canada s’est alliée à l’USSO dans le…
Patient Partners Working Group Webinar – November 2020 At the start of November, OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group held their fall webinar on ‘patient partnership in virtual care’. This webinar, moderated by Julie Drury, Strategic Lead – Patient Partnerships at…
The vital role that research evidence and data plays in supporting health system decision making has been amplified in Ontario during the recent COVID-19 pandemic and health system restructuring. Knowledge users have collaborated closely with researchers to make the most…
Join OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group for a webinar on ‘Patient Partnership in Virtual Care’ for an opportunity to discuss how patients are partners in developing and implementing virtual care approaches, as well as the experiences of patients and health…