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From research to real life: RVH launches innovative tool to empower patient conversations

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is proud to launch the ASKmeGOC Goals of Care Consult Service - an innovative, research-driven model that’s the first of its kind in Canada. This new service will provide patients and their loved ones with meaningful, structured conversations about...

AHEAD Program bridging gaps in pulmonary fibrosis care across Canada

If he didn’t have a nurse educator in his Winnipeg office, community-based respirologist Dr. Lawrence Homik, knows his pulmonary fibrosis patients would not be nearly as well served.  “It’s tremendously helpful. There is a gap,” says Dr. Homik. “Clinicians can spend the time they need...

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From research to real life: RVH launches innovative tool to empower patient conversations

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is proud to launch the ASKmeGOC Goals of...