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Preventing chronic disease is key to reducing hallway medicine
Michael SherarHallway medicine has become a serious concern in Ontario. Future efforts under the auspices of Ontario Health will aim to create a more person-centred, higher ...
Sep 3, 2019
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Facing the challenges of memory care
AmyEventually life comes full circle, and children often end up taking care of their parents. I knew that day would arrive sometime in the future, but I didn’t expect ...
May 17, 2019
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Challenging conversations about palliative care
Michael SherarTen years ago, a very dear friend of mine passed away from cancer. Her husband was one of the first people I met when I arrived in Canada in 1985 as a graduate ...
Mar 26, 2019
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Families matter: The essential role of caregivers in our health system
Colleen FoxThe Family Day holiday is a time to enjoy some fun and relaxation with our loved ones. It is also the perfect opportunity to recognize the critical role that ...
Feb 15, 2019
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What's needed to create change in complex healthcare systems
Michael SherarI recently came across an article in the British Medical Journal by Jeffrey Braithwaite, a professor in health systems research from Macquarie University in Sydney ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Why I'm working to improve healthcare equity
Tamara BoricIn this post, Tamara reflects on the barriers her family faced in navigating cancer care for her sister - and how it motivates her work with CCO’s Person-Centred ...
Oct 17, 2018
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CCO's 75 years of healthcare transformation
Michael SherarBack in 1943, when our organization was incorporated as The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, the five-year cancer survival rate was around 25% and ...
Sep 4, 2018
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Landmark study provides first national look at Métis cancer incidence and survival
CCO Blog TeamWhen researcher Loraine Marrett became aware in the late 1980s that there was little-to-no information on cancer in Canada's Indigenous people, she resolved to take ...
May 1, 2018
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Dreams of motherhood come true for woman on dialysis
CCO Blog TeamAt age 22, Matti Y. had her future planned. She and her fiancé, Jordan, would get married, enjoy a carefree life for a couple of years and then start having “a ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Getting it right by looking at what went wrong
Michael SherarAny time we work to make improvements - whether in our professional or personal lives – it is natural to look at what is going right and try to build on what ...
Nov 28, 2017
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