As the Canadian Patient Safety Institute takes an exciting step into the future, we look back at their impact on the field of patient safety. Alors que l’Institut canadien pour la sécurité des patients franchit une étape stimulante vers l’avenir, nous jetons un regard rétrospectif sur son incidence dans le domaine de la sécurité des patients.

When things go wrong, how do we take care of our caregivers? Quand les choses tournent mal, comment pouvons-nous prendre soin de nos soignants?

From fax machines to Zoom calls, what does healthcare look like through a video screen? Des télécopieurs aux appels Zoom, à quoi ressemblent les soins de santé à travers un écran vidéo?

In this episode of PATIENT, we talk about Canada’s silent healthcare epidemic, which claims 28,000 lives every year. We want to teach Canadians that if something looks wrong, feels wrong, or is wrong – we need to speak up, in the moment. Robin McGee from Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Nurse Abigail Hain and CPSI CEO Chris Power reveal that by conquering silence, we can begin to work together to solve the healthcare issues we face.

CPSI is happy to launch a very special episode of PATIENT for STOP! Clean Your Hands Day 2019! Special Guest Host, Jason “The Germ Guy” Tetro, host of “Super Awesome Science Show" and Author of “The Germ Code” and “The Germ Files” talks about how patients can initiate a dialogue and create a partnership with their providers on clean care. The two speakers are Carmen Stephens, Patient Partner with Patients for Patient Safety Canada (PFPSC), and Davenna Conrod, a nurse with over 15 years of Infection Prevention & Control work experience across the spectrum of health care.

In the final episode, Judith and a team of activists, healthcare professionals, and pharmacists, reflect on the medical system that allowed Judith’s condition to continue unabated for so long, while trying to figure out what comes next.

The clues of Judith’s mystery come into sharp relief when she encounters a story that bears a striking resemblance to her own.

When Judith Maxwell’s body began failing her, she started keeping a record in the hope that somewhere inside she’d find the answer. In the first of a three-part series, we dive into those notes, and find out how a retired school teacher developed a medical condition that kept doctors guessing for close to a decade.

How did a retired school teacher solve a medical mystery that stumped twenty-two doctors, neurologists, and cardiologists for nearly a decade? In Season Two of PATIENT by CPSI, we’re following one story over three episodes; the story of Judith Maxwell, a retired school teacher and studious notetaker trying to solve a mystery before it takes over her body.

There are easier ways to make an activist than what happened to Terri Sabo. But then again, there are few activists quite like Terri.

This is a story in two parts. The first, is of a national epidemic; a story of 19 million prescriptions, 2,500 deaths, and a country that ranks second for per capita opioid use. The second, is of a person whose circumstances throw into sharp relief just how hard that epidemic will be to solve. This is the story of Canada's Opioid crisis through the eyes of a patient.

In September 2002, Martha Murray went to sleep and never woke up. The coroner's report came back listing the cause of death as natural causes, with no recommendation for an investigation. She was 22. To her mother Maryann, there was nothing natural about it.

Coming soon, PATIENT is a show about the people trying to change modern medicine from the inside out. It's a non-fiction medical drama from the perspective of the patient. In September 2002, Martha Murray went to sleep and never woke up. The coroner's report came back listing the cause of death as natural causes, with no recommendation for investigation. She was 22.