Oct 29, 2016 | Canadian Healthcare, Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Toronto Star, Camilla Cornell special to the Star It’s that time again. Time to get your flu shot. And though you may be one of those who would rather be featured on My Strange Addiction than get a needle, you’d be wise to conquer your fears and get...
Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Innovation, Raising Awareness, Videos
Startups are in a battle for the survival of the fittest. Fledgling companies must compete for capital and in Canada, where investor dollars are few and far between, that means getting to market faster than your competitors. Those who have figured out their brand...
Sep 17, 2014 | Canadian Healthcare, Featured, Leadership, Personal Healthcare, Preventative Medicine, Raising Awareness
I was very honoured to be recognized in the 2nd Annual Canadian Women Changing Healthcare awards by Patient Commando, an organization committed to helping patients share experiences and become better informed about how to manage their healthcare. My profile is...
May 23, 2014 | Blog, Canadian Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Historically, health care evolved from an acute-based system and we are now seeing a paradigm shift to a patient-centred model. Going forward we need to focus on engagement, prevention, wellness and self-management of chronic disease. Securing Healthcare National...
Sep 20, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Featured, Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
When Sara Nita’s son Marcus was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last fall, she began keeping a written log of his multiple daily blood-sugar readings. But she soon started casting around for a way to keep an electronic record, something she could enter into her...Sep 20, 2012 | Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
With many large, older, established companies filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, what lessons can be learned for the business of health care? Whereas doctors and hospitals focus on producing health care, what people really want is health. Health care is just a means to...Sep 18, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Patient-centred care and positive patient experiences at all touch points, is a cultural paradigm shift requiring a systematic change management model that must include the patients’ voice. Hospitals try to deliver the best health outcomes. But many also aim to...Sep 18, 2012 | Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
In 2010, Laurie Johnston decided to sue her surgeon and the Windsor hospital where the surgery took place, for removing her healthy breast in the mistaken belief it was cancerous. The suit alleges Lauire had her left breast and six lymph nodes removed based on her...Sep 18, 2012 | Personal Healthcare, Raising Awareness
In 2009, Kevin Leonard, PhD, opened the jam-packed One Patient, One Record symposium he staged in Toronto by saying he yearns for the day when the 19 specialists who treat his Crohn’s disease can consolidate their silos of separate data on him into a single electronic...Feb 13, 2012 | Canadian Healthcare, Raising Awareness
Public health advocates argue that physicians and other health professionals should be no more exempt from undergoing background checks than police officers, firefighters or any other group that has contact with vulnerable individuals. Read “Are you kidding,...
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