It’s Time to Stop Ignoring Women’s Health

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It’s Time to Stop Ignoring Women’s Health

As I was scrolling through Twitter, I came across a CBC article about the lack of appreciation of the pain caused to women during the insertion of birth control devices. In reading other women’s experiences, I jumped in and shared my own stories of not receiving pain management for extremely painful procedures.

It quickly became apparent that I’m not alone in going through unnecessary pain.

Despite the shared experience, women’s health still doesn’t receive the recognition or attention it deserves. It’s time to stop ignoring women’s health.

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Speak Up! Share Your Voice

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Speak Up! Share Your Voice

Now is the time to have your voice heard. As we navigate life in a pandemic, many organizations are looking for feedback and insights to plan for the second wave. By sharing your voice you can amplify the conversation instead of it fading away due to a lack of voices.

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Why We Can’t Hit Pause on Patient Engagement

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Why We Can’t Hit Pause on Patient Engagement

COVID-19 has caused many businesses to close, schools to be shut down and healthcare facilities to scale back operations. Another change has been the removal of patient voices from healthcare.

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How to go Beyond Token Engagement

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How to go Beyond Token Engagement

While many healthcare organizations talk about patient engagement, few have found how to engage patients in a meaningful way. To go beyond token engagement, patients need to be equal partners at the table and given the support needed to be heard.

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Patient Engagement Starts with Storytelling

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Patient Engagement Starts with Storytelling

Many healthcare organizations are looking for ways to include patient voices. The first step in recruiting volunteers is to use storytelling to help people understand and appreciate the various aspects of your organization. On a personal level not corporate.

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Highlight the Person Not Just the Diagnosis

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Highlight the Person Not Just the Diagnosis

To get the support you need, let people see you as a person, going beyond the diagnosis. It’s about taking the time to make the personal connection so you don’t get a cookie cutter approach to treatment.

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Patient Partners - There's Strength in Numbers

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Patient Partners - There's Strength in Numbers

I’m pretty excited about a new way of patient engagement. Patients partnering with patients. This goes beyond the checkboxes and silos, traditional ways of including patients (sometimes seen as token gestures). It’s about patients owning the experience and amplifying the voices of others.

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4 Reasons Why You Need to Stop Saying You’re So Busy!

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4 Reasons Why You Need to Stop Saying You’re So Busy!

One of my pet peeves is people who are always talking about how busy they are. We live in a fast paced world and are all juggling multiple balls. Saying you are busy puts up barriers. Let’s find a way to change the conversation to remove these barriers.

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