Preview: Journeys in Cancerland

Health & Everything Publications and the Patients' Association of Canada present a new book!

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Word Clouds for Patient Experience
Compare all three states: Current, Heaven and Hell

May 11, 2012 - Several weeks ago at a Patients' Association public meeting we asked members to use short phrases to describe their experiences in emergency rooms as they are today, or the current state. We then asked them to think about what the experience would be in an ideal or “heavenly” emergency room and finally we asked them to do the same for “the emergency room from...

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Privacy Conference

May 9, 2012 - Last week we went to the Western Canada Health Information Privacy Symposium in Calgary. The participants were largely people who were in one way or another responsible for safeguarding the privacy of patients. In recent years many of the provinces have enacted Freedom of Information laws that are also meant to protect...

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The PAIRO Awards

May 7, 2012 - The Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario (PAIRO)held its awards dinner on Friday night. They gave awards to individuals and programs for teaching and for being especially sensitive to the needs of doctors in training. This was the first time that patients were represented on the PAIRO jury so it was...

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A Call to other Patient Organizations: More Room for Patient Participation

April 27, 2012 - In the recent past, it was difficult to get a response to our message about the importance of patient participation. Although many people agreed that patients should become more engaged in health care, there were few actual examples of that in practice and not much opportunity to participate in a meaningful way. There was also very little demand for more...

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