My name is Seth Rudin and I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Patients' Association of Canada. In addition to representing the Association in a number of forums, including on the Stakeholder Committee of the Canadian Primary Health Care Research and Innovation Network, I am the Co-Chair of the Association's fundraising committee.
The Patients' Choice Awards is gaining momentum in small and large communities around Ontario. On June 21st, the Ontario Medical Association and PAC hosted a ceremony to recognize two of Ottawa's finest physicians.
The winners are Dr. Evelyn Honsl and Dr. Robin Boushey
Of the more than 30 nominations we received, two nominees stood out as exempliary physicians who align with the initiative's theme of 'caring, listening, hearing'. Here's an exerpt from the nomination for Dr. Boushey:
The group working on PAC’s governance project, The Patient Voice in Ontario’s Health Care Boards, has been busy making visits to health care organizations across the province.
Journeys in Cancerland offers two object lessons in patient participation. For a long time, patients barely participated in their own care. Once diagnosed with a disease like cancer, they would enter an all-consuming acute care system that took over their lives until they went into remission or died. That this is no longer the case is due, for the most part, to patients and caregivers like John-Peter Bradford and Lisa Newman who have begun to take charge of their care.
Thanks to everyone who attended PAC’s second annual conference on Patient Participation in Guiding the Health Care System. It was a great day, and we gained some valuable ideas about how patients can help to guide the system. Now the content needs analysis and clarification.
Please join us Thursday, June 28th for a meeting to review notes from the conference.
Be sure to check out the Patients’ Association of Canada blog to read new entries by Sholom Glouberman, President of PAC. Read the most recent post:
PAC’s governance project The Patient Voice in Ontario’s Health Care Boards is moving along well. On March 1st and 2nd, members and volunteers of PAC went to Kingston General Hospital to learn about its Patient and Family Advisory Council. Read more about the trip here.
Patient services in health care organizations and hospitals are for the most part developed with patients in mind, but with very little patient participation. In order to incorporate the patient point of view into service design and delivery, we’re working with Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care to redesign the “Day of Moving In.â€