Patient Critical Co-op

Member owned HC education & advocacy. Maintained by Managing Director PJ Mierau.
Belongs to patients & members.
Add YOUR voice!

[Marc-André Gagnon @MA_Gagnon]

Looks like pharmacare and dental care will allow Trudeau government to stay in power until 2025.
Woot woot!
@SteveUBC
https://t.co/Mg3H6Nte2F

[Andrew @abaulcomb]

Anyone else in Ontario feeling like they did everything right for two years only to have the rug pulled out from under them?

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

How are we opening schools at the same moment we are closing hospitals?

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Thanks to everybody that attended the @PatientCritical AGM.
I look forward to another great year working together, along with co-directors @baldgrrl & @Ctzen_Improver.

Minutes are available on Slack & will be emailed shortly. PS: requested PayPal donation link is again live.

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

JOIN US TODAY for the AGM!

Patient Critical Co-op's members-only Annual General meeting takes place TODAY at 11 PST/2 EST/3 AST.

All members can log in to https://t.co/oMQSg4AxxB at home or by phone, to vote on the future of Canada's only truly patient-owned healthcare voice!

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Members! Join us TOMORROW-Nov. 29th, 2021-on https://t.co/oMQSg4AxxB at 11:00AM PST/2:00 PM EST/3:00 PM AST to vote in our AGM. Email [email protected] for login help.

It's been a hard couple years. Does patient voice still matter? What needs to happen next?

YOU decide.

[Patient Commando @PatientCommando]

'Executive Director of Lived Experience'. Real role in Australia. Time for Canada to follow?
@SolidFooting @DMcK20 @Amy_Lang @HE_ES_Canada

https://t.co/YDOzJy6C3W

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Patients in Canada have their own voice...how will they use it?

Patient Critical Co-op speaks for you, renewed each year by YOUR priorities.

Members: check your email or get in touch to vote on a preferred time of day for this year's Annual General Meeting, on November 29th.

[Pat Rich @pat_health]

"It has become evident to me the obstacle is not technology but a deeply fragmented and dysfunctional policy environment in health care around digital health" @ewan_affleck #LongwoodsBreakfastSeries

[Ontario Hospital Association @OntHospitalAssn]

Together w/@CaregiverON we've revised the Essential Care Partner (ECP) Presence Policies During COVID-19 Considerations for Hospitals. The guide supports hospitals in ensuring flexible policies are in place to enable ECP presence for hospital patients: https://t.co/9IoWHvx7jZ

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

Folks often fail to recognize that personal health can be gained at the expense of wellness. As industrialized societies have come to idolize individual health they have placed greater emphasis on life style choices and self care and less on shared space and belonging. 1/2

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

@KellyOT Some docs call back.
Some docs don't.

This needs to be a formalized expectation of physicians.

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

When you miss a Dr's call:
-no message
-NO second call attempt
-call display blocked

When a Dr misses your call:
-callback=busy signal
-callback=long hold
-result? Reschedule apptmt

PTSD is real.
(Pitiful Telephone Service by Doctors)

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Without interoperability & easy, universal access to data, the right to access it means little.

Is there a seat for patients to help @nshealth design healthdata access that works for them?

[Robin McGee @TCOrobin]

The ⁦@nshealth⁩ minister will hear from providers. But is there any plan to talk to patients? Is there a plan to establish an interoperable portal allowing patients access to their own records? ⁦@PatientCritical⁩ ⁦@patients4safety⁩ https://t.co/6zW5nDLYXx

[Patient Commando @PatientCommando]

Hey #Toronto area patient advisors. Check out this remarkable opportunity to influence health care providers at the earliest stage of training. One of the most rewarding experiences I've had. @PatientAdvisors @PatientsCanada

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Talking to a vaccine-hesitant family member or friend? Those conversations tough but so important.

My (not comprehensive) list of things to consider.

cc @DrJenGunter @aetiology @vaccine_trust @UAlbertaSPH @UAlberta @CBCEdmonton @GidMK @DrSherryPagoto @KizzyPhD @drkiki

[Amy Ma - 馬錦華 - Settler on Indigenous land @Ctzen_Improver]

Join us tonight for an excellent and timely discussion about the Digital Divide. Definitely has implications for #HealthEquity #HCLDR cc @vikbakhru @PatientCritical

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Politics is not science based.

Society isn't about requiring a burden of proof before exercising compassion.

Evidence & studies are not the enemy of caring but can be leveraged as such.

I believe people need to invest more in society -& yes, politics- before we see a change.

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

Politics of expediency and interest, NOT service.

[Tristan Imgrund @tristan_sudbury]

This a deeply troubling thread… Pushing for a full reopening NOW just a week after stage one.

[Patient Critical Co-op @PatientCritical]

The problem is? We ARE content to wait...until we are drowning.

We ALL need to challenge ANY authorities happy with status quo.

I'm not advocating we burn our bridges, but we've stopped trying to hold authority's feet to the fire.

We're comfortable until we're actively scared.

[Julie Drury @SolidFooting]

🤦‍♀️
Still waiting…waiting on change.