Summertime = more 🌞, less screentime.
Time for a Twittercation. See y'all later.

Congrats to Ottawa Citizen master storyteller Bruce Deachman!
His behind-the-scenes look at CHEO Ottawa's response to the historic surge in respiratory viral disease earned him the 2023 Best In-Depth Feature Award from RNAO: tinyurl.com/4ntcrvbh.
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Tens of thousands of local kids have missed routine shots for measles, polio, chicken pox and other illnesses.
So Kids Come First Health Team, health centres, public health units, CANImmunize and CHEO Ottawa are launching a vaccine catch-up campaign: kidscomefirst.ca/en/kids-come-f….
#ottnews #onpoli

More kids + more childhood illness = time to right-size pediatric healthcare in 🇨🇦.
Please help CHEO Ottawa meet the growing needs of a growing population of kids. Go to cheotelethon.com or watch CTV Ottawa Sunday between 1 and 7 pm.
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New data from Children First shows the $billion cost associated with inaction. Pediatric healthcare requires urgent and sustained support now. As CHEO Ottawa Alex Munter says - ‘pedianomics’ is relatively simple: invest in kids’ health now, save for a lifetime.

A mountain of evidence, including from CHEO Ottawa, shows the link between #socialmedia and teen anxiety, depression, self-harm and eating disorders.
Big Tobacco has had to help pay some of the #healthcare costs generated by their products. Is it time to expect the same from #BigTech ?

What a great way to celebrate #NursesWeek2023 ! 🙂
Say hello to CHEO Ottawa's newest cohort of clinical externs - nursing students who join care teams, get experience and hopefully sign on as full-fledged #nurses once they graduate.
#WelcomeToCHEO

We don't usually do grand openings for new bathrooms but this one is special: cheo.on.ca/en/news/new-un….
CHEO Ottawa's oldest parts don't meet modern accessibility standards so we're fixing that. Thank you everyone involved: parents and advocates and facilities and accessibility teams.

A great start to #NursesWeek2023 !
Thank you CHEO Ottawa nurses for all you do every day to help kids live their best lives. ❤️🙏
#OurNursesOurFuture #HeyNurse #VoiceToLead

What an amazing and joyful day as our community rallies to support families touched by #childhoodcancer . A record $1.8M raised for research, care and family support at #CNcycle for CHEO Ottawa.
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Proud of CHEO Ottawa Dr Megan Doherty for championing - and delivering - better end-of-life care for children here and around the world.
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At CHEO Ottawa, we celebrate #PatientSafety good catches like Marlene Crate, Steps To Success #mentalhealth program bus driver, identifying a student at risk. With education assistant Brenda Sweeney, CYC Ayesha Freeman and parents, they acted quickly to ensure everyone's safety. 👋

Don't know who taped this to the wall in CHEO Ottawa's central stairwell but it's, well, perfect ....

Happy #DoctorsDay to all of CHEO Ottawa's dedicated and amazing medical staff! You are champions for children and you inspire us every day.
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Yes, there are shortages of healthcare workers.
And, yes, there are solutions. Like having CHEO Ottawa's skilled nurse-educators train Kids Come First Health Team homecare staff, support them when they go into clients' homes and improve care for kids.
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An honour to meet Maria Austria, the Philippines' Ambassador to Canada.
We discussed the N4 Network's ideas on how to make it easier for internationally-trained health professionals to work in healthcare in 🇨🇦: twitter.com/n4_network.
If the UK and US can do it, why can't we?

My 4-year-old is blossoming in full-day kindergarten this year - it is a joy to behold.
Kiddo never knew Charles Pascal and doesn't understand how much he owes this man. But I did and I do.
Thank you, Charles. What a legacy.

We're already celebrating #EarthDay2023 at CHEO Ottawa, where we've cut greenhouse gas emissions 20% since 2019 and redirected energy cost savings to frontline care.
Happy to announce Kick The Carbon contest prize winners to staff who've come up with ideas to green our organization.💚

Promoting healthy habits from a young age is critical to help children to grow into healthy adults, which is why #CHEO supports the federal government's approach to regulating the marketing of unhealthy food and drinks to children and youth.

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