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Associations
Bone & Joint Decade Canada
Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA)
Canadian Orthopaedic Residents Association (CORA)
Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association (CONA)
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA)
Wait Time Alliance - represented by the national medical specialty societies providing care in the priority areas identified in the 2004 Health Accord
Government web sites regarding Wait Times
Canadian Joint Replacement Registry
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Quebec
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
Healthy Living
Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute - Patient Aids
ALCOA - Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
Occupational Therapy Works - database of community resources
ORCA - Ontario Retirement Communities Association
Disease-state web sites
The Arthritis Society
Osteoporosis Canada
Muscular Dystrophy
Multiple Sclerosis
Diabetes Care Community - share experiences, learn from others and find reliable information from Canadian diabetes healthcare professionals
Sites providing Orthopaedic related info
My Surgery - (Nova Scotia) - online source of information for hip and knee replacement patients
My Joint Replacement (Ontario)
GTA Rehab Network (Toronto, ON)
John Antoniou, MD (Quebec surgeon)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (U.S.)
Joint Replacement (U.S.)
Orthogate - The gateway to orthopaedic information on the internet; for professionals and patients
Hospital or Health Centre sites
OASIS (OsteoArthritis Service Integration System) - part of Vancouver Coastal Health (Vancouver, BC)
Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic (London, ON)
Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation (St. John, NB)
Medical Device Manufacturer Patient Info web sites
Biomet
DePuy
Smith & Nephew
Stryker
Wright Medical Technology
Zimmer Canada
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
WebMD - select Diseases and Conditions under Medical Information