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As the Canadian healthcare system continues to evolve, patient expectations soar and the patient voice becomes louder. Patients are no longer content to be passive consumers of healthcare, but demand partnership with their healthcare providers, input to the drug evaluation process, and improved navigation of the system. Participatory medicine is the name for the model of healthcare that encourages active participation from all involved parties. How do we effectively engage patients to drive participatory medicine in Canada in a meaningful and productive manner?

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Surviving The Perfect Storm: How Participatory Medicine & e-Patients Can Save Healthcare by Dianne Carmichael

Our nation is often defined by our passion for hockey, our taste for beer, and our universal health care system. There is little question that Canada’s hockey prowess endures; our beer remains cold. But our healthcare system? Overburdened. And totally ill prepared to endure the coming tsunami that threatens to submerge it.

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