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This education day will focus on improving awareness, breaking stigma, and empowering healthcare providers to deliver better care for people living with obesity.
Join us for an evidence-informed, interdisciplinary event dedicated to improving care for individuals living with obesity. This session focuses on reducing weight bias and promoting compassionate, person-centred care.
An engaging, evidence-informed, interdisciplinary event dedicated to advancing care for those living with obesity.
We are changing the conversation about weight and health, moving away from weight loss and toward focusing on healthy behaviours.
Occupational therapy is proving to be one of the most important ways to avoid readmission to hospital. This was the finding of a study recently published in the journal Medical Care Research and Review which found readmission rates for heart patients were lower in hospitals that invested more in...
Norm Odjick is an Elected Director on the Ottawa Heart Institute's Board of Directors.
The Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation (OHIRC) Board of Directors currently includes:
Environment versus genetics. Integrating clinical and multiple omics data to understand the causes of diseases; discoveries from this stage can then be used in personalized medicine research for prevention or therapeutic purposes (Figure Source; PMID: 28476144, Copyright: CC BY 4.0). The Omics and...
Information and resources for OMSC hospital partners.
This Privacy Notice describes how the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation® (OMSC®) program collects, uses, and discloses your personal information. Your personal information will only be used in compliance with this notice.
The Ottawa Heart Institute is launching “One Million Canadian Hearts,” a pioneering initiative to screen one million Canadians for cardiovascular disease risk factors. By screening early, intervening swiftly, and harnessing powerful data insights, we will save lives and uncover the realities of heart disease—who is most at risk, what factors shape outcomes, and how we can intervene more effectively. This initiative will not only empower Canadians to protect their heart health but also fuel transformative research to redefine prevention, treatment, and care on a national scale.
Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death, but there are many behaviours you can change to decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Online cardiovascular calculators, powered by big data and artificial intelligence (AI), are making it easier than ever before to help...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute provides cardiac services for the Champlain Region and is the Regional Coordinating Centre for the Heart Wise Exercise networks in our region, serving Renfrew County, Eastern Counties of Ontario, Leeds, Lanark, Grenville, Toronto, GTA, and the Ottawa area.
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If you have an email address on file through your patient chart in our electronic health record system, the institute may contact you about test results, medical advice, appointment confirmations, quality improvement projects, Patient Alumni initiatives or surveys. If you would like to opt out from...
Organizational chart of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Ottawa – July 20, 2020 – Hospitals in the Ottawa area are taking a gradual approach to welcoming more visitors. This is in line with guidance from the Ontario Ministry of Health and action hospitals are taking across the province. For compassionate reasons, University of Ottawa Heart Institute...
OTTAWA - June 19, 2020 - With the ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 through physical distancing, this Father’s Day will be unlike any other. Many families will be looking for ways to show their love and appreciation for the fathers and father figures in our lives from a distance that helps keep...