What started as pilot project by two frustrated doctors is evolving into standard practice as more jurisdictions, including the Ontario government, get on board.  Dr. Clare Liddy and Dr. Erin Keely share their story – and their lessons learned along the way.

Dr. Clare Liddy is a Tier 2 Chair, Associate Professor and Clinical Investigator at the C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre of the University of Ottawa’s Department of Family Medicine, and a senior researcher at the Bruyere Research Institute. She is practising family physician and expert adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca.​

Dr. Erin Keely is an endocrinologist with The Ottawa Hospital, a Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Medicine, and a Clinician Researcher with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Interview by Neeta das McMurtry

April 2018