On line portal is a great option for many older adults and those with family. However many seniors are isolated and don’t have access to internet. We need to do better. Family docs are key partners. Canadian Geriatrics Alzheimer's Society tamar packer OCFP

BREAKING: Health Canada has approved use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the way for millions more inoculations. Canada has secured access to 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

An example of how the media gets it wrong on vaccines. What the headline should say: Only 0.0007% of 77 million vaccinated Americans infected. No wonder we see vaccine hesitancy. CDC reports 5,800 COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated Americans ctvnews.ca/health/coronav…

RECENT PUBLICATION: Highlights the feasibility and utility of predicting multimorbidity status using machine learning algorithms, resulting in the early detection of patients at risk of #mortality and readmission... bit.ly/3vrlSIT Manaf Zargoush Dr A Papaioannou et al.

To my late brother, who is no longer with me… lnkd.in/g_ggZ-qk The article is free to access. Widening lookback is only useful when lookahead is short-moderate. Otherwise, we better stay with the fewer pieces of most recent information for larger lookaheads DeGroote Business

Researchers at DeGroote Business, McMaster Health Sciences, and St. Joe's Healthcare (Hospital & Foundation) have created an #AI predictive algorithm that greatly improves timeliness and accuracy of data-driven #sepsis predictions. Learn more: bit.ly/3p1HYiw

Assistant professor Manaf Zargoush, along with researchers from McMaster Health Sciences and St. Joe's Healthcare (Hospital & Foundation) have created an AI predictive algorithm that greatly improves the timeliness and accuracy of data-driven sepsis predictions degroote.mcmaster.ca/articles/resea…

My experience was a big reminder that rapid tests only tell you your virus level in the moment. I was negative one day, positive just 48 hours later. Also, as I wrote this week, omicron seems to multiply rapidly inside your body. Things can change fast. cbc.ca/news/health/om…

Health Canada and PHAC Kids need N95 masks too

The decision is to let Omicron run. It's misleading to say schools are safe and that your child won't get infected if they follow the rules. They will. The decision is based on the premise that we can't avoid infection and that consequences will be mild. We will find out soon

Two Ontario epidemiologists are warning that recent changes to the province's COVID-19 pandemic strategy risk uncontrolled transmission of the virus, while at the same time, limiting the ability to measure its spread. cbc.ca/1.6301441

Public Health Ontario warns that new daily case record is "an underestimate." bit.ly/3FLaFqR

Day 16 #IranProtests2022 Universities are a powder keg in many cities including Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran. 👇Sharif University students in #Tehran trapped in an underground garage running from police. As noted before, police will often trap students on campus. #Mahsa_Amini‌

#Sharif_University in Iran has been violently attacked by armed forces, who have besieged the university, and are arresting students en masse. #MahsaAmini

My alma mater, #SharifUniversity of Technology, is under siege. There are reports of students being beaten, arrested, and shot at. The Iranian regime is stopping at nothing to quash protests triggered by the killing of #MahsaAmini. Please help by spreading the word. #IranProtests

If you're a professor or a student in STEM in a Western country, you probably know someone from the Sharif University of Technology in Iran. They might have be your students, peers, or friends. That university is now under attack by the Islamic Republic. 🧵(1/16) #MahsaAmini

With new LTC standards today, let’s look at hospital discharge—often impacted by access to suitable LTC. Manaf Zargoush’s research shows that to reduce the risk of adverse events, discharge plans for older adults should consider frailty & multimorbidity. McMaster University

Thrilled that our CIHR-ICRH | L'ISCR des IRSC project grant on proactive strategies to address delayed hospital discharge (ALC) is funded! Grateful for our rockstar team + #patient partners! Trillium Health Partners IHPME Dr. Sara Guilcher (she/her) Laura Rosella Manaf Zargoush Dr Dr Abhimanyu Sud Dana Corsi Charissa Levy (she/her) 🙏🙌

Kerry Kuluski CIHR-ICRH | L'ISCR des IRSC Trillium Health Partners IHPME Dr. Sara Guilcher (she/her) Laura Rosella Manaf Zargoush Dr Dr Abhimanyu Sud Dana Corsi Charissa Levy (she/her) Such amazing news - congrats 🍾 🙌🏻!