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New data shows 670K Ontarians live +50km from their family doctor, meaning they cannot access care where & when they need it. Over 130K live 200+ km from their family doc – that's like driving to Belleville from Toronto for an appointment: bit.ly/3LlLdgo

🚨New ADVANCE PhD is now live 🚨 We're looking for a passionate and engaged PhD student to investigate sleep health in those that sustained physical combat injuries. If you're interested, or know someone who might be, please share the link: findaphd.com/phds/project/s… #PhD #Veteran

HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient—Generic version of drug which can suppress and prevent HIV would yield 30% profit if current price was slashed theguardian.com/global-develop… Kat Lay CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.

The recently published article 'Patient engagement in a Canadian health research funding institute: implementation and impact', shares several resources to support researchers in implementing their own PE strategy. Find the paper here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/7/e… #PatientEngagement

“…there will always be those that stand ideologically opposed to innovation in the health care system…” apple.news/AclLzBc1VRbavQ… My thoughts on “innovation in the health care system”: 🧵 1/6

Federal deregulation of opioid agonist therapies may impact access to care. Our research highlights significant differences in prescriber growth across Canadian provinces post-policy change. Read the full study in BMC Health Services Research. bit.ly/4cHXBlY

Heads us up that CIHR CIHR is welcoming applications for Scientific Director of CIHR-IMHA ... (link below) ...

Veteran engagement in clinical pain research is a cornerstone of the mission of the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence. I’m privileged to learn and grow as a member of the Centre’s Scientific Advisory Board. Congratulations to this exceptional community of Veterans, scientists, and policy makers.

Nearly 5 years after COVID-19 first struck, emergency departments remain bogged down by long wait times. At the start of this year, only 1 in 10 Ontario hospitals met the provincial target waiting time for patients with serious conditions, compared with 25% before the pandemic.

‘Weird little creations’: Jason Nuttle, a senior in Yale College, combines engineering with an artistic flair to create ingenious contraptions. Nuttle, a double major in engineering sciences and art, aims to evoke life’s sweetness and absurdity in the “automata” he makes — a

This past weekend 2 nurses from our Cancer Care Clinic attended the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology Conference in St. John's N.L to showcase their initiative through the presentation "A Nursing Collaborative: Harnessing Our Synergies to Improve Patient Wait Times.”

#ChronicPain affects 41% of Canada's 670,000 Veterans. Almost 2/3 of Veterans with chronic pain also have a diagnosed mental health condition. Pain can interfere with work, make it more difficult to adjust to civilian life, and causes stress and activity reduction. #NPAW2024

Wei Zheng & Michael Postic are Nurse Practitioners from our Adult Mental Health & Addictions Program. Wei is motivated by the independence that comes with being a Nurse Practitioner & Michael is driven by his desire to help those in vulnerable situations. #NursePractitionersWeek

📢 Exciting Opportunity! The Canadian Pain Society (CPS) and the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans (CPCoE) are offering funding a Postdoc Fellowship for research on Veterans with chronic pain. Apply by Feb 28, 2025, Midnight EST!

Affirming the importance of meditation for mental well-being, the UN has declared December 21 as World Meditation Day! The world is uniting to meditate with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Don’t miss the most historic meditation event.Attend it live taol.cc/wmd-join-now #WorldMeditatesWithGurudev

A B E A U T I F U L M I N D Celebrating the First Ever World Meditation Day at the school run by IAHV for children of fishermen families in Anakovil, Tamil Nadu. #WorldMeditatesWithGurudev #WorldMeditationDay

Faculty from Department of Medicine University of Toronto are continuing to make an impact on the medical community in Ontario, taking on leadership roles within DFCM and at our hospital sites. Congratulations to our faculty members as they take on these important roles! dfcm.utoronto.ca/news/new-leade…