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How to seek the help of Ontario's first patient ombudsman

…questions from patients and their families. His blog, Personal Health Navigator, is reprinted on Healthy Debate with the kind permission of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Follow Paul on Twitter @epaultaylor….

Looking back on our biggest stories of 2015

…Healthy Debate. 10) Personal Health Navigator: How many dental X-rays are too many? A reader asks, “Every couple of times that I visit my dentist’s office, she asks me to…

International patients: what care can't be bought at the hospital

The Personal Health Navigator is available to all Canadian patients. Questions about your doctor, hospital or how to navigate the health care system can be sent to AskLisa@Sunnybrook.ca The Question:…

Which heart valve operations are covered in Canada?

Big changes coming to Healthy Debate

…picks”, right below our Popular Debates. We’ll update this section every week. We’ve also given Lisa Priest’s Personal Health Navigator its own section. You’ll find all of Lisa’s new articles…

Free e-book: A patient's guide to navigating Ontario's health care system

…Lisa Priest, who was manager of community engagement and patient navigation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, launched the Personal Health Navigator blog, hosted on Healthy Debate, in 2012. Paul Taylor…

Three walk-in clinics, no family doctor and one patient with abdominal pain

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…their communities. Others described feeling empowered by our Personal Health Navigator to bring up new issues with their health care providers. And these impacts are occurring at all levels of…

No need to sell the house when searching for a nursing home

A patient asks: does my ancestry put me at higher risk of breast cancer?

The most costly places in Canada for patients to have diabetes

Waiting for pathology after a cancer diagnosis

How to prepare for end of life care

The Personal Health Navigator is available to all Canadian patients. Questions about your doctor, hospital or how to navigate the health care system can be sent to AskPaul@Sunnybrook.ca The question:…

Blood clots and blacking out spells: are they related?

Medical marijuana: what doctors need to know about Canada’s new rules

…information on what patients need to know about medical marijuana, read Healthy Debate’s Personal Health Navigator article: Hazy Evidence on Medical Marijuana Use . This article explores what doctors should…

Birth tourism: The pregnant patients most Canadian doctors cannot accept

Your hospital stay and when it's time to go home

When cancer spreads and standard therapy no longer works

Waiting for a nursing home bed while in hospital

Home dialysis and the lengthy wait for a kidney transplant

…heart health and possibly overall health as compared to other forms of dialysis.” Lisa Priest is Sunnybrook’s Manager of Community Engagement & Patient Navigation. Her blog Personal Health Navigator provides…

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