
Karen Okrainec
@drkokrainec
Internal Med Specialist & Scientist Interested in ⬇️Health Disparities & Improving Patient and Caregiver Experience in and out of hospital.
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http://pods-toolkit.uhnopenlab.ca 07-01-2014 15:00:17
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New Canadian research University of Alberta shows inequalities in the distribution of unpaid care work by gender, income, living arrangements, and generational cohort. bit.ly/3PS9IFh AGE-WELL Caregivers Alberta The Vanier Institute #CdnCaregiving

Complete the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence survey to help shape the future of care in Canada. Results will be used to advocate for better policies for all those who give care. bit.ly/44yzva8 #CdnCaregiving

🎉Congratulations to University Health Network’s latest Canada Research Chair (吃人陈) awardees! Thank you to the Government of Canada for continuing to support the research conducted at UHN. Learn more about the awardees and how they are creating #AHealthierWorld >> chairs-chaires.gc.ca/whats_new-quoi…



Its an honour to be leading this work with Michelle Grinman and such a knowledgeable and supportive team Lauren Lapointe-Shaw Val Rac Angela M. Cheung Tsoleen Ayanian @MSChang Shoshana H-Goldberg Chris Chan Shiran Isaacksz 🇨🇦 and many more not on twitter ICES Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

Agree that integrated care and teams will be an important element as we re-envision outpatient care. UHN Connected Care André Picard University Health Network

Attention hospital clinicians: What might social prescribing look like for clinicians working in hospital? Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence #CCCESummit2023 Nathan Stall Samir Sinha Yona Lunsky


Honoured to present the results of our Patient Oriented Discharge Summary RCT led through OpenLab with Howard Abrams Shoshana H-Goldberg Chaim Bell Christine Soong Lianne Jeffs Tai Huynh @iheartmygeek and many not on twitter at #InnovationDay2023


That child in the room with your patient may be a young carer. In this CMAJ article we outline why this is of growing concern, resources and how you can help support them. Yona Lunsky Dr. Sue Bookey-Bassett Shoshana H-Goldberg @studiofrew

This interesting study by Blair Golden found that grabbing a chair and sitting when rounding on inpatients improves patient experience particularly those surrounding perceived communication. Would love to see future studies with objective measures (eg time spent at bedside).


Lovely meeting international colleagues with support from CIHR Institute of Aging and sharing UHN Connected Care for others looking to evaluate and scale a patient-centered care transition program for individuals with #multimorbidity and #frailty


Our short but sweet summary on #diabetes deprescribing for frail older adults is out! 📣 Avoid #hypoglycemia and use of high risk agents and don’t target a low A1c! Lisa McCarthy (she/her) 🇨🇦 Wade Thompson Women's College Hospital | Research Department of Medicine University of Toronto CMAJ cmaj.ca/content/196/16…

Lovely recognition of Isabelle Caven on her leadership on our young caregivers research and co-design work with Marianne Saragosa, Kristine Newman, @studiofrew Shoshana H-Goldberg Yona Lunsky Dr. Sue Bookey-Bassett by University Health Network #patientandfamilyexperience




We are all so happy to see such a strong role model and leader will continue to lead the DOM Moira Kapral - big congrats!!!

Young caregivers are challenged with advocating for their own role in supporting loved ones and recognition within the health care system. Hear from #TeamUHN's Karen Okrainec on her research and insights in Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence's podcast. 🔊 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4yNFN7…

Attention healthcare workers: follow this link to better support young caregivers in clinical practice. canadiancaregiving.org/wp-content/upl… Codesigned with Nicole Zhou, Isabelle Caven + Yona Lunsky Shoshana H-Goldberg Marianne Solheim saragosa Dr. Jill Cameron (she/her) Dr. Sue Bookey-Bassett + CDN caregiving orgs