AEFI (adverse event following immunization) reporting is available in the Ocean eReferral tool.
The virtual care access toolkit (VCAT) project is a patient-oriented research project co-designed with patient partners.
Dr. Siddhartha Srivastava from the Division of General Internal Medicine is working in a large multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, leaders, and experts from SEAMO, Kingston Health Sciences Center, primary care teams, and Queen’s University, working together biweekly on a pilot project that will bring together the various digital health tools in the region into one streamlined consultation process.
If there is one thing Dr. Wilna Wildenboer-Williams (family medicine physician and addiction medicine specialist) wants people to know about addiction, it is that physicians can make an incredible difference with compassionate and evidence-based treatment.
The Division of Endocrinology at Queen’s invites everyone to join them in celebrating World Diabetes Day on November 14, 2021. This is an extra special year as it represents the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and we took the opportunity to talk to Dr. Geneviève Digby from the Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology. She provides care for patients with lung health issues and is also the clinical lead of the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program (LDAP), a rapid assessment clinic that expedites the care of patients being investigated for suspected lung cancer.
On October 4, 2021, Providence Transitional Care Centre officially opened its doors to patients. The first unit will gradually admit up to 30 patients. The new centre will be staffed by SEAMO-funded physicians from Queen’s University Department of Family Medicine. This includes new physicians Dr. Fouché Williams and Dr. Wilhemina Wildenboer-Williams, and Chair of the Division of Hospital Medicine, Dr. Ammar Rashid.
Dr. Michael Yacob joined the Department of Surgery at Queen’s University in the summer of 2019, just months prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and we had the opportunity to sit down with him and discuss some of the valuable work that he has been involved in during his time so far.
In November, SEAMO is pleased to welcome three new physicians to the organization in three different Departments.
Ten years ago, the Department of Surgery had 34 members, and today it boasts an incredible 56 surgeons in seven divisions with active recruitment still happening.