Patient Advisors Network

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from the PAN Team. If you have are not already a PAN member, please consider joining us.

https://www.patientadvisors.ca/patient-caregiver-partners/membership-application/

12/08/2025

Would you like to know what PAN has accomplished over the last year? Please check out our Annual Report.

“The Patient Advisors Network (PAN) Annual Report 2024 – 2025 reflects on the past year, highlighting milestones, financial resilience, and strategic growth directions for the Patient Advisors Network (PAN).
In 2024-2025, PAN focused on community engagement, capacity building, and partnerships to enhance people-centered healthcare.”

11/14/2025

Have you read PAN’s report on “Reimaging the research landscape”? PAN has had a few opportunities to share the insights from this report. We presented at the OSSU research day and we also recently co-presented with researchers on an OSSU webinar. I will share the YouTube links in the comments.

Access the full report here.


https://www.patientadvisors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Reimagining-the-research-landscape-a-PAN-Report-FINAL.pdf

06/22/2025

An excellent summary of the opening plenary panel discussion at , the nation’s largest annual conference focused on digital health.

Our very own PAN member Alies Maybee provided the patient perspective.

Read Pat Rich words here:

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

05/24/2025

A few of our members, including our Board Co-leads Donna Rubenstein & Alies Maybee will be attending Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research co-presenting with researchers they have been working with. Will you be there?

04/28/2025

In a recent podcast Artificial Intelligence in Medical Systems Society (AIMSS) Sacha Davis and Ehsan Misaghi talked with PAN members Alies Maybee and Chris Johnston about the impact of AI for patients.

They highlighted opportunities for patient/caregiver partners to influence the direction and use of AI in healthcare.

AI brings huge potential—but also ethical, legal, and social implications. Patient input is essential to ensure these technologies reflect real-world needs.

Digital health including AI is not new for PAN—we’ve been involved in multiple projects since 2019.

🎧 Take a listen to learn more. From Insight to Impact: Why Patient Networks Matter: https://lnkd.in/eZ8z5KcZ

09/26/2024

September is World Alzheimer's Month: A time for education and action.

My mom has dementia. A form of Alzhemimer’s. Its become difficult to have discussions with her as her short term memory is not working.

I had learned a lot from the Alzheimer’s course I took a couple of years ago. To keep up to date I follow McMaster Optimal Aging Portal.

Featured Resources
eLearning: Dementia Risk Reduction
eLearning: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep
eLearning: Weight Management, Diet, and Nutrition
eLearning: Cognitive and Social Activity
eLearning: Smoking and Alcohol
eLearning: Blood Vessel Health

Check out their resources and other valuable information.

September marks World Alzheimer's Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and understanding about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia globally. Dementia is a growing public health concern worldwide, with Alzheimer's disease being the most common form.

09/12/2024

Are you following us on Linkedin? Check out our page.

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07/29/2024

🌟 Celebrating Alies Maybee & PAN's Global Impact 🌟

PAN’s co-founder and co-chair Alies Maybee received the 'Made with Patients' global award at the Patient Engagement Open Forum in Italy. This accolade celebrates PAN’s unique patient-caregiver partnership model and our drive for healthcare that’s equitable and accessible to all.

The introduction of our "Reimagining the Research Landscape" report at the forum initiated important discussions on the future of patient involvement in healthcare against the backdrop of AI, climate change, and potential health crises.

This honour acknowledges the entire PAN community’s efforts through the creation of a grassroots patient network community of practice and actively partnering in health research to improve healthcare for everyone.

Read more on our blog at https://bit.ly/3zPSTVD

Your voice matters: How can you contribute to reshaping healthcare? Share, comment, or message us to discuss how we can collectively forge ahead.

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06/20/2024

Have you reviewed Patient Advisors Network Report.

This report was created from our analysis of the survey results of patient/caregiver partners done to support the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) SPOR Patient Engagement Platform refresh process. See the full illustrated report below.

https://www.patientadvisors.ca/2024/04/02/why-do-we-often-feel-like-outsiders/

06/07/2024

Big news! The Federal Health Minister tables bill improving access to health data.
“Wow! Exciting to see this in the The Globe and Mail this morning. A huge step forward and reminder that the collective voice has impact. There are lots of people behind this movement, nice to see Teri Price and Greg's Wings Projects Ltd. acknowledged in this article.
Kudos👏to all who have been advocating this at the national, regional and local levels. Lots more work ahead for this to pass.Let’s celebrate this milestone, momentum is there.” Donna Rubenstein, PAN Co-Chair.