Health Care Communications
Life is a journey where the last five years have been packed with meeting many smart people, learning new things and self-reflection.
Here we explore the motivation of ladies in Toronto who starting making sandwiches for those in need as the pandemic took hold.
We have made such strides in lowering infant mortality and prolonged life expectancy that we could be forgiven for overlooking the fact that there are 10,000 kids in Canada with cancer. As we age, the likelihood is that we will know someone else impacted by cancer. Children diagnosed with cancer can feel socially isolated as none of their friends are experiencing the same emotional situation. Here we explore the inspiring work of Childhood Cancer Canada and learn more about the Breakaway Kids Cancer Cycling Adventure.
Continue reading Charity Spotlight – Childhood Cancer Canada
The published recommendations built upon previous work by Opencity Inc on the European Association of Urology Nurses (EUAN) edited summary published in 2016. In this case study, we explore aspects of the recommendation and five lessons learned.
Continue reading New recommendations for intermittent catheterization | Case study
The risks associated with COVID-19 are high for everyone. And even higher for people with spinal cord injury. Here we explore the SCIO Safe@Home campaign. SCIO will double the impact of your donation to keep people connected to essential lived experience knowledge and support.
Continue reading Charity Spotlight – Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
By their nature, startup entrepreneurs are curious, impulsive personalities who can often feel focused and motivated in a crisis. In this post, we examine three startups/scale-ups in Waterloo Region and one in London, Ontario. They are O2 Canada, KA-Imaging, Curiato and 123Genetix.
Continue reading Examples of Ontario virtual codesign during social isolation
The body of literature is emphatic that preoperative site marking should be mandatory in elective cases. This position statement reinforces the necessity to have NSWOC and surgeons available at all times for emergency case interventions for stoma site marking. This project brought together 20 specialist nurses and surgeons from across Canada. It resulted in a position statement, practice enabler and video.
Continue reading New position statement – Preoperative stoma site marking | Case study
Waterloo Medtech has just launched their latest proceedings report discussed here. The new Medical Innovation Xchange in Kitchener opened in January. Communitech has announced a new Velocity micro VC-fund for the medtech sector. Google is opening an accelerator in the region.
Continue reading Bringing a health tech incubator to fruition | Waterloo Medtech proceedings
I have no desire to retire. Why can I not be part of a gig economy in my 70s? Those were my immediate reflections on reading Shirlee Sharkey’s eloquent introduction to The Futures of Aging.
Continue reading The Future of Aging goes far beyond healthcare
The books cover categories that include curiosity, tech, health, economics, geopolitics and intriguing historical fiction.
Continue reading 7 worthwhile reads that changed our thinking in 2019