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Associations
Bone and Joint Canada
Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA)
Canadian Orthopaedic Residents Association (CORA)
Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association (CONA)
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA)
Government web sites regarding wait times
Canadian Joint Replacement Registry
Wait Times – Benchmarks for treatment and wait time trending across Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Government health sites
Health Canada
Canadian Health Network – federally sponsored site that provides links, through partnership arrangements, with an impressive array of primarily Canadian sites on health.
Canadian Institute of Health Information
Canadian Institute of Health Research
Community Care Access Centre (CCAC)
Healthy Living
Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute – Patient Aids
Active Aging Canada – Healthy living for life
Is Your Home Healthy? Easy Steps to Maintaining a Healthy Home – publication from Health Canada
HCCC – Health Charities Coalition of Canada “How to” Health Guide
Occupational Therapy Works – find an Occupational Therapist
ORCA – Ontario Retirement Communities Association
Smoker’s Helpline
Stop Smoking for Safer Surgery
Disease-state web sites
The Arthritis Society
Osteoporosis Canada
Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Diabetes Care Community – share experiences, learn from others and find reliable information from Canadian diabetes healthcare professionals
Sites providing Orthopaedic related info
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (U.S.)
British Columbia Foot and Ankle (Vancouver, BC)
GTA Rehab Network (Toronto, ON)
John Antoniou, MD (Quebec surgeon)
Joint Replacement (U.S.)
My Surgery – (Nova Scotia) – online source of information for hip and knee replacement patients
Orthogate – The gateway to orthopaedic information on the internet; for professionals and patients
Shield My Senior (U.S.) – article on hip fractures with the elderly
Hospital or Health Centre sites
OASIS (OsteoArthritis Service Integration System) – part of Vancouver Coastal Health (Vancouver, BC)
Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic (London, ON)
Medical Device Manufacturer Patient Info web sites
DePuy Synthes
Smith & Nephew
Stryker
Wright Medical Technology
Zimmer Biomet
General Medical Info
Medscape – patient education center
Patient Decision Aids – Ottawa Health Research Institute
Medicine Net – patient education and medical terms
MedBroadcast – a consumer oriented resource
Medline Plus – The National Library of Medicine’s resource for consumer health information
Body Systems – Study guide to the systems of the body
WebMD – select Diseases and Conditions under Medical Information