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2021 Update in Geriatrics for Primary Care: University of Ottawa Virtual Conference May 7th, 2021

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University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

This program is designed to highlight strategies that primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and primary care allied health team members can utilize to improve the quality of life of their patients. Topics include:

• New Guidelines for Parkinson Disease
• Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Advance Care Planning / End of Life Conversations
• Vaccinations in Geriatrics
• New Guidelines in Dementia
• Elder Abuse
• Medications that Cause...

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Increase in Opioid-related Harms and Deaths : Harm Reduction Services Available

The opioid overdose crisis continues to worsen across Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ottawa is no exception. Opioid-related deaths are occurring in people using alone, particularly in neighbourhoods with higher material deprivation. In 2020, Ottawa experienced a 60% increase in opioid overdose-related Emergency Department visits with 779 visits, compared to 486 visits in 2019 (NACRS, 2021). From January to November of 2020, there were 112 confirmed deaths due to opioid overdose in...

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Indigenous-Specific COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: Eligibility for Vaccinations

Indigenous-specific COVID-19 vaccine clinics are underway as part of Phase 1 of the vaccine roll out. You may have patients who self-identify as First Nation, Inuit and/or Métis who are currently eligible to receive their vaccination.

As part of OPH’s commitment to reconciliation, we are very pleased to be collaborating with the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, the Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team, and other local Indigenous agencies, to provide and promote culturally safe COVID-19...

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Ontario eConsult : Advice for managing COVID-19 and Pregnancy

The Ontario eConsult Centre of Excellence  has created a COVID-19 and Pregnancy BASE™ Managed Specialty Group of Obstetrics specialists who can answer both patient-specific and general questions about COVID-19 and Pregnancy. This service is now available province wide.

The group was created in response to the ongoing pandemic to enable physicians and nurse practitioners to ask COVID-19 and Pregnancy related clinical questions to Obstetrics specialists electronically and receive a response within days...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Update for week of March 15

To: Ottawa Travel Clinics, Walk-in Clinics, Physicians, Nurse Practionners, Midwives

Date: March 18, 2021

From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, AMOH, COVID Vaccine, Ottawa Public Health Dr. Robin Taylor, AMOH, Physician Engagement, Ottawa Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is rapidly evolving, we plan to increase the frequency of our communications to at least a weekly basis. This week we address ongoing pre-registration of health care workers (HCW) for COVID-19 immunization,...

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