Annette McKinnon

Wes The Puppet-Master – Patient and Public Voice in The Ten Year Plan and Dash Review | InHealth Associates Taken together, the NHS Ten Year Plan and The Dash Review have served, almost fatally, to destroy patient power. Almost. Wes Streeting describes intermediary organisations that channel and amplify pat...

…“a front door app powered magically by AI (that gets three stars on the Apple Store, and currently lists me as being on 91 medications) will do everything for everybody everywhere.

From @davidgilbert43.bluesky.social about the newly envisaged #FoundationTrust of the #NHS

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This is protest music. We need a whole lot more of THIS!

Our AI Scribe Program is officially live! Up to 10,000 eligible primary care clinicians across Canada can register for a fully funded, one-year license to use an AI-powered documentation tool.

Learn more and register: bit.ly/4kC2hP6

Because I feel like triggering the trolls today, I want to remind everyone that Canadians have received over ONE HUNDRED MILLION COVID vaccine doses.

Only 0.056% resulted in an adverse event report. Four deaths resulted, but ZERO were due to mRNA.

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Even doctors are stunned when I tell them Ontario has no billing code for pelvic exams.

That means that when a pelvic exam is done in an ER or a family doc's office, the extra time is usually a financial penalty.

#genderpaygap facts

A big Zoom week so far. Fortunately none like this.

Things you find in your garage. It’s a 4 barrelled cannon.

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees

The entire Canadian media has been implying or outright stating that immigration levels are responsible for housing prices and the shortage of health care professionals. They never push back & say "actually domestic speculators account for 30% of home purchases & immigrants deliver your health care"

We gathered together to support patients and caregivers who are taking on roles of increasing responsibility in research, the health care system, education of professionals. PAN has been growing for 10 years. Hello Bluesky PAN.

👋 Welcome to PAN on BlueSky!
We’re the Patient Advisors Network — a community of patient and caregiver partners across Canada working to make healthcare more inclusive, equitable, and people-centered.
Follow us for info on #PatientPartners #healthcare #PatientExperience

"Health data is us and it is the data manifestion of our personhood and health," @amaybee.bsky.social bringing the patient/public perspective to panel at #ehealth25 discussing whether health data is failing the health system

Chronic disease and coping when you don’t look sick The burden of care is an issue you just get used to. But it takes a lot of work to stay in the same place. #rheum Bit.ly/4kesQK5

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with May 11 data
- Kingston, Sudbury, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: BC, MB, QC, SK

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Life Sciences Breakfast: How BC is Transforming Healthcare for Global Impact · Luma Life Sciences Web Summit Side Event is an opportunity to learn what is driving BC’s life sciences sector to global impact. From the prolific research being…

🚨 Life Sciences Breakfast: Global Impact from BC
📅 May 27 | 8:30–10:30 AM
📍 UBC Robson Square

Our CSO, @scienceisglobal.bsky.social, joins panel 2 to explore how BC’s life sciences sector is transforming healthcare worldwide.

@innovationubc.bsky.social

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Alt: Participate in research: Are you 19 years of age or older? Do you reside in Canada? If yes… let's talk substances & stigma. Fill out a 20-minute survey to help us understand language surrounding substance use. Enter for a chance to win a $50 E-gift card. #ParcipateInResearch

No more silence: it’s time for federal leadership on health workforce planning Fixing the health workforce crisis requires action across all levels of government, and Canadians deserve to hear what our federal leaders plan to do about it.

No more silence: It’s time for federal leadership on health workforce planning. Fixing the health workforce crisis requires action across all levels of government, and Canadians deserve to hear the feds' HHR plans, by Ivy Bourgeault www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0... via @hilltimes.com

How to Address Misinformation Without Censorship Too often, we excuse misinformation as a matter of opinion or free speech. And the consequences are dire.

🚨Excellent piece.

How to Address Misinformation—Without Censorship time.com/7282640/how-...

"Misinformation has both direct [it kills people] & indirect [reduces trust] consequences for society."

"Empowering people to spot manipulation—irrespective of the issue—is the opposite of censorship."

It's difficult to overstate the impact that US science funding and institutions have on science globally. This is devastating no matter where you are.

Months ago I posted about the rise of the untrue Conservative narrative that Canada is crime infested and the Liberals should have pushed back.

Fighting misinformation is the new frontier of politics - the Conservatives know this - will the Liberals learn and find ways to fix it?

Out on Monday and saw #LeafHouse. A big fan must live there.
Go Leafs!

I would conclude, just from walking the old graveyards, that comparatively, very few children have died since the 1950s.

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

Webinar Series - PxP Check back soon for our speaker profiles…

Topic: Growing your influence as a patient partner

Date: May 12, 2025

Time: 12:00 PM PDT / 3:00 PM EDT

Webinar Series - PxP: For Patients, By Patients

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(PDF) Cognitive Impairment in Difficult to Treat Depression: Infographic for general public PDF | This study found that individuals with depression can be roughly sorted into two groups based on cognitive function: an impaired group and an... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

"Cognitive Impairment in Treatment-Resistant Depression", infographic. This is part of the project "Enhancing Public Understanding of Interventional Brain Medicine through Lay Abstracts and Social Media Education"
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Opinion: Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good Ontario’s vaccine exemption is ridiculous, especially when it comes to protecting children

"The first and only job of public health is to, well, protect the public’s health. Advocating for the scrapping of religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccination is part of that role; mollifying the selfish and self-righteous is not," opines @picardonhealth.bsky.social.

@lisaridgway8.bsky.social explaining the importance of patient partners alongside #PrecisionMedicine

“I didn’t know I was allowed to speak up.”
That’s what one patient partner told us after joining a research project supported by the Family Engagement in Research (FER) Program.

They had lived experience. They had ideas. But no one had ever asked. /1
#patientengagement

Genome BC's Genomics Forum 2025 Join Genome BC’s Genomics Forum 2025 to explore the real-world impact of precision health research. This hybrid event features expert-led discussions on genomics in medicine, rare diseases, and matern...

🔬 Registration is OPEN for #GenomicsForum2025 online

Join us online to discover how genomics is shaping the future of healthcare.
📅 April 30, 2025
🔗 Sign up: events.genomebc.ca/genomics-for...

#Genomics #GenomeBC #PrecisionHealth

Looking at the dust storm at Don Mills and Eglinton. You can usually see those buildings in the distance.