We're all on the ice: It's time to put prevention at the centre of heart health - University of Ottawa Heart Institute
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What if Canada’s healthcare system were designed not only to treat disease, but to find it earlier, and whenever possible, prevent it altogether?
Canada is at an important moment in our history. We are being asked to think differently about what we can build for ourselves, how we strengthen our economy, and build resilient communities. In his Forward Guidance address to Canadians in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney put it plainly: when it comes to Canada's future, “nobody in this country is in the stands. Forty million of us are on the ice.”That same spirit should apply to healthcare. For generations, Canada has built a healthcare system that is exceptional at treating people when they become sick. We have world-class hospitals, highly skilled clinicians and remarkable technologies that save lives when serious illness occurs. But what if we could change the starting point? What if our healthcare system were designed not only to treat disease, but to find it earlier, and whenever possible, prevent it altogether? We can do that with cardiovascular disease. In fact, we already are.
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