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News PostMarch 13, 2023
The Kids Come First Health Team, clinicians, parents and home-care agencies have launched an innovative training strategy to help tackle staff shortages and skills gaps. The goal of the new Centre of Excellence for Pediatric Home and Community Care Education is to build capacity, and better serve kids and their families in their homes and communities.
News PostMichelle March, 19, and her mom Amélie moved to Ottawa hoping for better access to health care. Michelle is an articulate, self-aware young woman who understands that her health needs are complex.
News PostStephanie Paravan wants more time to just be a mom to Matthew, her 12-year-old son with complex and serious health issues.
“I spend too much time navigating Matthew through the health-care system,” says Stephanie.
News Post“Some days I feel like I am his case coordinator, instead of his mom,” says Christie Kopczyk of her 14-year-old son Troy.
“As a parent, you have to learn about all of the care you can get for your son to give him his best opportunity to thrive.
News PostKatherine Stevens, a Grade 11 student at Colonel By High School in Ottawa, has become engaged in improving health care for young people. “I would like to see better communications between everyone involved in my care,” she says.
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News PostFebruary 23, 2023
On National Kids and Vaccines Day, partners of the Kids Come First Health Team are working together to provide a streamlined, easy-to-use system that will help families – especially those without access to primary care – catch up on routine childhood immunizations and can also send the records to local public health units, automatically.
In Ottawa alone, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, kids have missed tens of thousands of doses of their routine series of vaccinations.
News PostOttawa, Canada (February 23, 2023) — On National Kids and Vaccines Day, partners of the Kids Come First Health Team are working together to provide a streamlined, easy-to-use system that will help families – especially those without access to primary care – catch up on routine childhood immunizations and can also send the records to local public health units, automatically.
In Ottawa alone, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, kids have missed tens of thousands of doses of their routine.
News PostFebruary is Black History Month, a time to honour, remember and learn about the contributions of Black people in Canadian society. This year, CHEO is celebrating Black History Month by focusing on Black Canadians in health care.
