Women’s Heart Health Community Advocate e-Course and Toolkit
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The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Women’s Heart Health Community Advocate e-Course and Toolkit which is sponsored by the Patient Alumni. |
| Posted on July 30, 2019 |
Ottawa Heart Support Group Lecture
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Guest Speaker: Katey Rayner, PhD Topic: Fueling the flames: Heart disease and inflammation |
| Posted on July 29, 2019 |
Survey – Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
Alumni members, The Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (CACPR) is currently trying to identify areas of patients’ interests and needs with regards to Cardiac Rehabilitation. For that, we invite you to participate in our survey. Your answers will help us to establish priorities and to acknowledge the needs of the cardiovascular rehabilitation programs. https://survey.concordia.ca/limesurvey/index.php/364819?lang=en The questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to… |
| Posted on July 17, 2019 |
An Epic Change for Smarter, More Efficient Health Care
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On June 1, the Ottawa Heart Institute will make the necessary switch to Epic Systems, a fully-integrated, patient-centered, electronic medical records (EMR) management tool which will help us provide smarter, more efficient, and all around better healthcare for you and your family. |
| Posted on June 24, 2019 |
Put your Heart into Tickers Cooking
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On Tuesday, May 21st, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Patient Alumni hosted its regular “Put Your Heart into Tickers” event. It was once again a sold-out event. A total of 40 guests watched as Executive Chef, Elamri Samir from Marek Foods, demonstrated how to prepare two delicious and healthy recipes. The first one featured, as an appetizer, a colorful kale salad with cranberries,… |
| Posted on June 10, 2019 |
Change is Coming to MyOttawaHeart: The Heart Institute is Transitioning to a New Patient Portal
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Thank you for making our patient portal, myOttawaHeart, an important part of how you manage your health. On June 1, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute will join The Ottawa Hospital, Hawkesbury General Hospital, Renfrew Victoria Hospital, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, and the TOH Family Health Team, in launching a new integrated electronic patient care system called Epic. With Epic, wherever you go for… |
| Posted on May 30, 2019 |
Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease
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The Heart Institute Patient Alumni held another successful Meet the Expert conference on April 23rd, 2019. Entitled “Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease’, the conference featured experts of the Heart Institute and the University of Ottawa, as well as former patients, who shared their knowledge and experience on the topic. Over 75 people attended the session at the Ottawa Ritz Canal restaurant, which cordially hosted us. The informal setting… |
| Posted on May 23, 2019 |
Patient Partners Needed!
If you are a patient or family member / caregiver of a patient with poor heart function and coronary artery disease, we need your help! In our April Digest, we were proud to let you know that over 3000 patient alumni members contributed to work being led by Dr. Louise Sun to better understand which outcomes, after a cardiac event, were important to patients…. |
| Posted on May 16, 2019 |
Things are about to get Epic with MyChart!
As some of you may know, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is working hard to implement a new Health Information System (HIS) called Epic. The official launch date for Epic is June 1, 2019. Among many functionalities, Epic has its own patient portal (similar to myOttawaHeart) called MyChart. MyChart will provide patients with online access to their medical records. It enables patients to… |
| Posted on April 30, 2019 |
Living with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
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The University of Ottawa Patient Alumni Association invites you to its upcoming Meet the Expert* conference: Living with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Featuring: Dr. Mehrdad Golian– Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute Ms. Bonnie Quinlan – Advanced Practice Nurse in Cardiology, UOHI Ms. Peter Croal, a UOHI patient who will share his experience The main speakers will be followed up with a Q… |
| Posted on February 28, 2019 |
Ladies, it’s your turn!
This study is approved by the Ethics Board of the University of Ottawa (H-06-18-639) Ladies, it’s your turn! Women have been neglected in research on Heart Disease for far too long. We know very little about you! Now is the time to take the bull by the horns! We are looking for women between the ages of 45 and 80 who have had a… |
| Posted on February 5, 2019 |
Report on the Ethics Board’s Activities
Report from David Brisco on the Ethics Board’s activities as the UOHI Patient Alumni’s representative One of the things that make our Heart Institute the great institution that it is, is the ongoing program of research carried out by both specialized researchers, and the medical staff of the HI. The quality of this work has advanced medical knowledge, and has directly served we patients… |
| Posted on January 20, 2019 |
