Telehealth at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute comprises three programs managed by the Cardiac Telehealth department: Telemedicine, Interactive Voice Response, and Telehome Monitoring. Telemedicine Through the Heart Institute’s Telemedicine Program, patients at remote sites can be seen in...
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The Heart Institute’s Telehome Monitoring Program (THM) is a nurse-run, intensive, post-discharge home health program designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions. It is part of the Telehealth Programs run by the Cardiac Telehealth department. The largest acute home...
The Telehome Monitoring Program is designed to help very sick patients stay healthy at home so they do not experience frequent return admissions to the hospital. Most patients enrolled in the program have advanced heart failure. Some patients with pulmonary artery hypertension, or those who have undergone complex surgery, also participate.
It can be difficult to talk to a child about a heart event or diagnosis, treatments, the prognosis, and the possible changes that may occur in your family as a result. If you are in this situation, here are 10 tips for discussing your heart condition with your child.
If you are a caregiver, you may help your loved one with a variety of tasks, including helping with grocery shopping and cleaning, managing prescriptions and medical appointments, assisting with mobility and transportation, running errands, performing activities of daily living (such as personal hygiene and eating), and providing emotional support. Here are 10 tips for living well as a caregiver.
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We recognize Dr. Liu’s achievements as Chief Scientific Officer and deliver the Investigator of the Year Award Lecture.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Erik Suuronen, PhD, Michel Le May, MD, and Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence. The Dr. Robert Roberts Award recognizes UOHI investigators who have...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Katey Rayner, PhD, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Global Achievement Award. The Global Achievement Award recognizes a UOHI investigator who has made, or is demonstrating the potential to make, a global impact in their sphere...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that Mireille Ouimet, PhD, Emilio Alarcón, PhD, Erik Suuronen, PhD and Benjamin Chow, MD, have been selected as recipients of the 2022 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence. The Dr. Robert Roberts Award recognizes UOHI...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that David Messika-Zeitoun, MD, PhD, FESC, was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Global Achievement Award. The Global Achievement Award recognizes a UOHI investigator who has made, or is demonstrating the potential to make, a global...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that George Wells PhD, David Messika-Zeitoun MD, PhD and Marc Ruel MD/Erik Suuronen PhD/ Emilio Alarcon PhD have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence.
The Ottawa Hospital / University of Ottawa Heart Institute ranked as the top research hospital in Ottawa and among the top 10 in Canada for combined research activity in 2023-24.
The 4th trimester and beyond: Understanding cardiovascular impact of pregnancy complications, and long-term health goals
Heart Institute scientist says “get vaccinated as soon as possible” In April, The Beat interviewed Dr. Peter Liu, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s chief scientific officer, about coronavirus variants and how they are changing the pandemic landscape in Canada. Dr. Liu then appeared on an...
Dr. F. Daniel Ramirez is a cardiac electrophysiologist and clinician-scientist in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). He bounced around between Kingston and Ottawa while completing his early medical training, and later studied in Bordeaux, France, before...
The Beat started this special column to introduce you to the brilliant minds and compassionate hearts who work at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. This week’s feature shines a light on one of the most recent additions to the institute’s team of cardiologists. In less than one year, Dr...
When did you become interested in a career in medicine? It all started after my tonsillectomy, when I was five-years-old. It was a life-changing experience for me, to meet the doctors and to hear the anesthesiologist say, “I’m going to put you to sleep now.” I was so impressed by the whole...