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Cardiologists

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Help us protect, maintain and improve the current high standard of cardiac care for Ontarians.

Cardiologists

SAVE LIVES 24/7

Help us protect, maintain and improve the current high standard of cardiac care for Ontarians.

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    SAVE LIVES 24/7
    Cardiologists
    Help us protect, maintain and improve the current
    high standard of cardiac care for Ontarians.
  • 713,940
    HOURS IN
    AN AVERAGE
    LIFETIME
    How many should be spent waiting to see a cardiologist?
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Protecting access to high quality cardiac care is central to our advocacy efforts

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Heart disease is Ontario's #1 killer. Discover the value in our Cardiologists

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Calling all Ontario cardiologists! Want to shape the future of cardiac care? Join the OAC today.
COVID-19 Practice Advisories now available to OAC members!
The January 27, 2021 OAC Information Webinar is now available. Click here to view.
  • OAC meets with Office of the Auditor General of Ontario re: Cardiac and Stroke Care Audit

    OAC representatives met with officials from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (OAGO) regarding the audit it is conducting this year on cardiac and stroke care in Ontario.  The audit, which was initiated in 2020 but suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will focus on the work of […]

  • OAC Supports Recommendation to Publicly Fund the Use of Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Adults with Suspected Heart Failure

    The Ontario Association of Cardiologists (OAC) supports a draft recommendation issued by Ontario Health (OH) calling for public funding of the use of natriuretic peptide (BNP or NT-proBNP) testing for the diagnosis of people with suspected heart failure in the community and emergency department settings. At the present time, Ontario […]

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force Reply to OAC Letter

    The OAC received a letter from General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier, Chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force in reply to the OAC’s January 24, 2021 letter, which advocated for health care professionals and administrative staff working in community cardiology clinics to be prioritized within the provincial government’s vaccine distribution […]

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  • RT @Dr_Pandey_Heart: #cbridge .@SCC_CCS .@OntHeartDocs strongly support access and rapid #vaccination for #COVID19: #heartdisease patien… https://t.co/ES0yQ5E0AC

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Initiatives & Successes

Providing 2020 Budget Advice to the Ontario Government
Providing 2020 Budget Advice to the Ontario Government

The Ontario Association of Cardiologists (OAC) welcomed the chance to participate in the Ontario government’s Fall 2020 Budget…

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OAC Expertise: A Source of Clinical Expertise in Public Policy Development
OAC Expertise: A Source of Clinical Expertise in Public Policy Development

The OAC is recognized by the Ontario government and its agencies as an important source of clinical expertise in the public…

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Bringing Health Report Manager Sending Capabilities to Community Cardiologists
Bringing Health Report Manager Sending Capabilities to Community Cardiologists

In 2014 OntarioMD’s ‘Hospital Report Manager’, (now known as ‘Health Report Manager’ (HRM)), was introduced to…

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Improving Fairness for Echo Facility Owners within the EQI Accreditation Program
Improving Fairness for Echo Facility Owners within the EQI Accreditation Program

Revised Facility Agreement

In November 2017 the OAC was pleased to announce the creation of a revised EQI program Facility…

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OAC-OntarioMD Collaboration Results in New Provincial Cardiology EMR Specification
OAC-OntarioMD Collaboration Results in New Provincial Cardiology EMR Specification

Improving EMR products used by Ontario cardiologists and their staff was the guiding principle behind two years of collaborative…

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