Enhancing the UK and Ireland’s response to COVID-19 with evidence-based tools
By: Dr. Sam Shah, Global Digital Health Advisor, and Chris Collenette, Think Research Commercial Director UK & Europe As hospitals across the NHS start to return to post-COVID-19 operations, their staff face a new set of challenges in these uncertain times. First is ensuring that all healthcare services need to adapt their work practices to […]
National Indigenous History Month – A Healthcare Perspective
Brenda Stade, Nurse Practitioner, PhD When I reflect on Indigenous History Month, it’s hard not to do that through a healthcare lens. I’m a nurse practitioner who practiced for many years at major hospitals in downtown Toronto. I have Ojibway and Cree heritage. My professional specialty, my Master’s degree, and PhD all focus on Fetal […]
Technology and infection control during COVID-19 and beyond
By: Melissa Miller, Clinical Information Specialist, Central Health NL & Dr. Chris O’Connor, President & Founder, Think Research It all started with a really simple idea. As cases of COVID-19 started to turn up in Newfoundland and Labrador, we felt that one of the best ways to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus was […]
A Message from our CEO
Equity’s in our ethos, but we have so much more to do By: Sachin Aggarwal, CEO At Think Research, our mission is to organize the world’s health knowledge so that everyone gets the best care. Equity, particularly in healthcare, is built into our ethos. But in recent weeks, we’ve taken time to dig deeper and […]
Leaving the hospital safely after COVID-19
By: Kirsten Lewis, Think Research VP R&D, CNephC, BSc, MN and Dianne Tomarchio, Manager of Quality Improvement and Clinical Standardization at Scarborough Health Network When patients are admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, they spend weeks isolated from their loved ones, fighting the disease. It’s often a harrowing experience. Those with the most severe illness […]
Covidtrials.ca sees more than 1,000 Canadians register for clinical trials
By: Dr. Ramy Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Covidtrials.ca Founder Last month, two clinical trials in China testing the antiviral drugs, Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine, reportedly shut down early. The reason? Not enough eligible patients to properly complete the trial. The researchers needed people who had received a positive lab test confirming they had COVID-19. They needed […]
How to get the most out of a VirtualCare visit
By Kirsten Lewis, Think Research VP R&D, CNephC, BSc, MN Even as we move into a phase of lifting restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Canada, it’s clear that virtual healthcare is likely to remain as part of our everyday lives. For patients and healthcare professionals, it means that if […]
The power of virtual care
By Sachin Aggarwal, Think Research CEO I’m fine, thanks. Those three simple words are the jumping off point for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s campaign for Mental Health Week in our country this year. It’s a barrier we all put up sometimes — and, in the CMHA’s words, it’s a barrier that can prevent us […]
On Evidence and Luck
By Dr. Chris O’Connor, President & Founder of Think Research, and ICU Physician at Trillium Health Partners I feel lucky. As a critical care physician, I’ve always had a strange relationship with the concept of “luck.” I’m a scientist. I deal in facts and evidence-based best practices. We have protocols, standards, measurements, timelines, diagnosis, prognosis, […]
Answering the Call
By Victoria Zefkic, RN, BNSc, MPH and Think Research Clinical Knowledge Translation Specialist Why I joined the frontline fight against COVID-19 For me it wasn’t really a choice. Nurses were being called out of retirement. Others who work on medical or surgical floors, who don’t have critical care training, were being called to the ICU […]
