Healthy Debate
Healthy Debate publishes journalism about health care in Canada by the people whose lives it touches the most, from physicians, patients and caregivers to health journalists, academics, and advocates. Its unique focus on giving a platform to health-care insiders allows provides detailed coverage of the inner workings—and dysfunctions—of this important sphere of Canadian society. OSSU has partnered with Healthy Debate to develop articles on topics relevant to patient-oriented research. Here are some of the articles related to patient-oriented research.
- Healthy Debate is creating a detailed, summary report of the OSSU roundtable content geared towards a broad audience that includes patients, caregivers and policymakers in Ontario and beyond. Part 1 of this report focuses on the policy round tables conducted in 2023 – including on aging, primary care, mental health, and patient reported outcome/experience measures (PROMs/PREMs). To be released May 2025.
- Health Debate published a series of articles discussing key concepts in the learning health systems approach. Click here to view this series of articles.
- Click here to view other articles related to the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR).
An Environmental Scan of Patient Engagement Infrastructure in Ontario Research Institutions (2025)
This environmental scan, commissioned by the Patient Partnership Advisory Council (PPAC) of the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU), sought to better understand institutional and program supports for sustainable patient partnership in health and health services research in Ontario, both currently and beyond 2026.
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After reading the report, if you have any comments or updates, please contact Dr. Stuart Nicholls or the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit.
Identifying and Maximizing the Impact of the OSSU Demonstration Projects (2022)
This report summarizes the overall outcomes of the IMPACT Demonstration projects (including projects that stemmed from the initial IMPACT projects) and identified strategies to maximize the impact of their findings on healthcare research and decision-making.
Engaging Patients in Research Evidence Uptake: The Ontario Experience (2022)
Healthcare Quarterly, Vol 24, Special Issue 2022
The articles share the successes and challenges associated with patient partnered knowledge mobilization and serves as an evidence-based value statement on patient partnership in research and knowledge mobilization. Three podcast episodes accompany the Special Issue.
Engaging Patients in Health Research: The Ontario Experience (2018)
CMAJ, November 07, 2018; Volume 190,Issue Suppl
This special patient-oriented research supplement in the CMAJ features in-the-trenches experiences, tips and challenges from Ontario health research projects.
Ladders of Engagement (2018)
In this paper, developed for the Patient Partners Working Group by Jennifer Johannesen (a patient partner in research herself), the concept of the ‘ladder of engagement’ is investigated from the patient partner lens, rather than the research project lens. A webinar on “Ladders of Engagement”, held on April 10, 2019, features the work from this paper.
Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic (May 2020 – Sep 2021)
These reports summarizes how OSSU’s research centres have pivoted their focus to tackling critical issues and unmet needs regarding COVID-19 utilizing patient-oriented approaches to health and health services research.