Dr. Ryan Giroux (@rjpgiroux), pediatrician at St. Michael's Hospital, spoke at an American Academy of Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds) panel on understanding trauma faced by Indigenous groups, and what steps clinicians can take. https://t.co/4VCBDasXWV
Dr. @AmolVerma and @DrFahadRazak want to develop an #AI tool that predicts which patients are at high risk of developing delirium so #healthcare workers can intervene. Watch their pitch on October 11. Get your tickets at https://t.co/6wtkzj03nl #AngelsDen
Thank you to the Slaight Family Foundation's latest $26.5M contribution to youth & mental health initiatives! @StMichaelsFdn, in partnership with @YouthBlack & @WanasahCA is honoured to be among the 19 organizations included in this transformational gift. #SlaightFamilyInitiative
Lots of discussion about for-profit vs non-profit surgery on twitter and in the news. Wish there were same or more discussion about ED overcrowding, insufficient home care, post-acute and long-term care, and lack of access to primary care.
All over the world, the evidence shows that for-profit hospitals typically cost more and provide lower quality care than non-profits. See here for an overview of the evidence. https://t.co/OEzf9Fga2V
Powerful deputation from @DrCarolynSnider, representing all downtown emergency depts.
In the middle of a healthcare crisis, emergency depts are providing shelter and supports for homelessness because people have nowhere else to go.
We need dedicated 24/7 drop-in spaces, now.
Research at Unity Health is looking for patients, caregivers and community members to join our hospital’s Patient and Community Engagement in Research Committee (PCERC). Partners will be compensated for their work. Learn more + apply by May 20: https://t.co/wr4aEcHh0k
America: where a cluster of yet-to-be-viable cells matter more than the lives of People of Colour. Where the right to carry an arm is more important than the rights of women.
Dr. @NavPersaud is the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice and a St. Michael's scientist with @MAP_Health. Read how he advocates for health equity and is bridging the gap in healthcare in Desi News: https://t.co/4Kkh2aiAGI
Honoured to be the new Scientific Director of @COVIDSciOntario. Harnessing science to inform our response to the pandemic has been a great privilege. Thank you to all the scientists on the Table who I have learned so much from, and the hundreds of hours they have volunteered. 1/2
Because our relentless donor community believed that #AI could radically reinvent the health-care experience, St. Michael’s is now poised to scale and export its life-saving innovations beyond the walls of our hospital. This is #HUMANCARE. https://t.co/mdwMuN1VSA
Good time to share that the Vohra Miller Foundation has also granted $250,000 towards St Michael’s Hospital new Centre for Anti-Racism and Equity in Health Care.
Making healthcare equitable and accessible to all is a shared goal and we are thrilled to be working together on this.
No mask mandates does not mean ‘don’t wear a mask’. It means ‘masks are still strongly recommended for many reasons’.
Public health messaging has been a huge failure, we should be guiding choices to enable heathy behaviours instead of doing nothing.