More than three million Canadians live with osteoarthritis (OA). For September, Arthritis Awareness Month, we’ve launched a tool to help providers assist patients who experience symptoms of osteoarthritis. The Osteoarthritis Tool can help family physicians and primary care nurse practitioners identify symptoms of OA. The tool also provides evidence-based, goal-oriented non-pharmacological... read more →
Sep
21
Jun
29
This month, we launched the Youth Mental Health: Anxiety and Depression Tool for family physicians and primary care nurse practitioners. According to Statistics Canada, youth aged 15 – 24 are more likely to experience mental illness and substance use disorders than any other age group. Under Dr. Muna Chowdhury’s clinical leadership, we... read more →
Jun
07
Within the past three years, we’ve engaged more than 2,680 health care providers in the development of our projects including the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative and the Appropriate Prescribing Demonstration Project. More than one in ten of the providers we've directly engaged have been focus group or usability/prototyping... read more →
Apr
25
We have a line up of mental health tools for primary care providers this year. So far, we’ve launched the Keeping Your Patients Safe Tool and the Management of Chronic Insomnia Tool. This season, we will also launch a Youth Mental Health Tool focused on anxiety and depression. According to the Mental... read more →
Mar
23
Throughout recent headlines, we’ve heard about the importance of managing pain and appropriate prescribing. Our team has been working on a number of pain resources to assist providers in their practices. This month, we’ve added to our pain resources for family physicians and primary care nurse practitioners by launching the... read more →
Feb
21
On February 14, 50 health care leaders joined us for a conversation about academic detailing and the role it can play within the suite of potential solutions to Ontario's health care challenges. Two of our board members, Hugh MacLeod and Dr. David Price, co-hosted the event and echoed points raised... read more →
Feb
13
For the past three years, we’ve launched several tools and resources under the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care (KTinPC) initiative on several key topic areas including childhood obesity, medical assistance in dying, neck pain and headache, poverty, and preconception health care. Provider engagement is at the core of what we do. We... read more →
Jan
24
Approximately one in every seven (3.3 million) Canadians have difficulty going to sleep or staying asleep. Last week, we launched the Management of Chronic Insomnia tool for primary care providers to help them treat patients who are concerned about their lack of sleep. This tool can help providers manage patients... read more →
Jan
06
Near the end of 2016, more than 70 individuals participated in our long-term webinars. Hosted by our academic detailers, they presented to providers, caregivers and residents' families about appropriate prescribing in long-term care. During the online presentation sessions, our detailers shared information and expertise about the following topics: Falls prevention and mobility... read more →
Dec
16
We wish you WellHealth and a prosperous new year!