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ÉPIC Centre  


The ÉPIC Centre's mission is to:

  • Offer primary and secondary services for the prevention of cardiovascular disease by promoting personal health and well being and the benefits related to adopting a healthy lifestyle.
  • Educate individuals on the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease by putting together a multi-disciplinary team specializing in disease prevention. This team evaluates, treats and corrects, in as much as it is possible, the risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  • Participate in the education and training of health care professionals and to lead research in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
  • Evaluate and develop new technologies and forms of treatment. 

The Centre ÉPIC fulfils its mission while respecting the values on which it is based, as follows:

  • To respect and ensure the quality of life of our members and their families. 
  • To develop human resources. 
  • To constantly seek excellence and be innovative.
  • To protect public health. 
  • To be open to the community and the health network. 
  • To follow rigorous management practices. 
  • To embrace an ethic based on the transparency and informed consent of its members.

 

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