Interprofessional

Conference highlights importance of close interprofessional collaboration, and patients being experts on their own care

School’s out on whether an avalanche of personal health information would help or hurt us, and how doctors’ roles would be affected

The power of genetic testing is enormous, but information is flowing too fast for even doctors to understand it

Imagine your patients receiving rewards for following your advice

Some can’t wait for it, others question why it’s even a goal

Dr. Louis Francescutti tells care providers to think of patients, not themselves

The Sandbox Project is the brain child of dynamo Dr. Kellie Leitch, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children. “We want to help shape public policy when it comes to children,” she said. In 2007, Canada ranked only 14th out of 21 OECD countries in terms of the health and safety of children and youth.