McMaster Family Med
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Official account of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
Hamilton, ON
Joined April 2012
Adapting @CPatClinic program for phone delivery during COVID-19: community paramedics screened residents in 36 social housing buildings for COVID-19, emergency preparedness and social health factors. Learn more
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RT @VIPResearchLab: 📢 New Study Alert 📢 Older adults in social housing in Ontario have: 📈 Higher rates of chronic disease & 📉 Lower cancer…
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RT @OntarioCollege: Thanks family med residents for your dedication to patients, communities & family medicine! Meet those we've profiled:…
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RT @machealthsci: Meet Claire Bodkin, an assistant clinical professor with @McMasterFamMed. Bodkin has devoted her work toward delivering…
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RT @PEACH_HealthON: 🌿 New Toolkit Alert! 🌱Climate change is a major threat, and the #healthcare sector is no exception. Our new toolkit o…
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RT @ccghc: "Canadian Health Care Forests: How to Bring Nature to Your Health Care Facility" webinar recording is now available! 🌷🌳🥬 Watch…
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RT @machealthsci: Myles Sergeant, assistant clinical professor @McMasterFamMed and co-lead @PEACH_HealthON, spoke with @TorontoStar about c…
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RT @ccghc: ♻️ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! New project, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada, we’re reducing single-use plastics in…
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RT @VIPResearchLab: 📢 New Policy Note Older adults in social housing face: 🫀high rates of chronic illness 📖 low health literacy 😔 poor qua…
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RT @VIPResearchLab: Feasibility of BP measures & data collection in community health programming in a LMIC (Philippines 🇵🇭) 🎯 For Accuracy…
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RT @VIPResearchLab: 📢 New Research Alert! The CP@clinic Program created a low-cost, secure database to calculate health risk scores, track…
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RT @PEACH_HealthON: 🌱Webinar Alert! Join @PEACH_HealthON & @ccghc on Jan 16 for Canadian Health Care Forests to learn how nature-based sol…
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RT @machealthsci: A #HamOnt doctor was recognized for saving family blindsided by cancer diagnosis. Heather Waters, family physician and a…
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RT @GHHN_PCN: Congratulations @heatherwatersmd for this well deserved shout out about the wonderful care you provide your patients!! #fa…
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RT @CPatClinic: 📞 A study on the CP@clinic program's shift to a phone-based model during COVID-19 found: 🫂 Participant engagement - 34.6%…
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This DFM-led study found that the CP@home program had an impact on significantly reducing lift assist emergency medical services (EMS) calls. Learn more @CPatClinic @GinaAgarwall @VIPResearchLab @ricangeles @mpirrie @HSRatBMC
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RT @OslerHealth: Introducing Osler's #ValuesChampions: a series featuring our 2024/25 Values Awards winners. 🏆 First up is our Excellence…
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RT @CPatClinic: 📢 A first in Canada! RCT of a home visit community paramedicine program (CP@home) showed: 27% reduction of EMS calls for…
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RT @machealthsci: Dec. 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. To commemorate, @McMasterU and community partners are orga…
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DFM researchers found 71% of Ontario social housing population were fully vaccinated (with or without booster) against COVID-19 compared to 82% of the general population cohort. Read the study: @GinaAgarwall @VIPResearchLab @ricangeles @mpirrie @JECH_BMJ
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