Emergency and Critical Care Brian Steinhart steinhartb@smh.ca 416-864-5095 mcgowanm@smh.ca 416-864-6060 ext 6202There is limited evidence to support the utility and need for a CT or MRI scan of the head in the context of an altered behavior presentation, with findings leading to a change in patient management. In particular,...
Emergency and Critical Care Jeffrey Perry jperry@ohri.ca (613) 798-5555 ext 18763 Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa HospitalIn 2014, Accreditation Canada, a not-for-profit organization that evaluates healthcare institutions on quality of care, introduced a requirement for emergency departments (EDs) to identify patients at high-risk for drug-related morbidity, so that...
Emergency and Critical Care Bjug Borgundvaag bborgundvaag@mtsinai.on.ca 416-586-4800 ext 2144 smcleod@mtsinai.on.ca 416-586-8330 MSH/UHN AMO, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of TorontoWe have developed an innovative, web-based, educational curriculum to teach clinicians how to accurately assess and treat alcohol withdrawal. The curriculum includes three e-learning modules, standardized simulated patient scenarios and...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Diane Lougheed Lougheed@kgh.kari.net 613-548-2348 SEAMO, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Queen's University Practical systems which support chronic disease management, including performance measurement, benchmarking and continuous quality improvement (CQI) are not routinely available. The proposed innovation is an electronic asthma registry and performance evaluation system, auto-populated...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care SEAMO, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University Ron Levy ron.levy@queensu.ca (613) 929-5281 levyr@kgh.kari.net (613) 549-6666 x7444 Transformation: Robotic technology for clinical assessment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) will improve health care delivery by allowing the precise and objective assessment of the neurological signs of PD. Adoptability:...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care William McCready wmccready@nosm.ca 807 345 8100 Northern Ontario School of Medicine Haemophilus A is an emerging pathogen in Indigenous populations in Northwest Ontario and elsewhere. This study examines of immunity in indigenous communities and provides an example of the kind of collaborative community engagement...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Judy Gillies jgillies@timminsfht.ca 705-264-1881 Barbara Reid reidbct@gmail.com 705-221-7965 NOSM, Laurentian REB, Timmins FHT, Timmins-LEGTransformation: Efficacious medication renewals; Poly-pharmacy risk reduction; Team based approach utilizing full scope of practice; Yearly review and update of health status/concerns, immunizations and screening of chronic disease indices(meet MOH targets);...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Sherry Rohekar Sherry.Rohekar@sjhc.london.on.ca 519-685-8500 ext. 61243 AMOSOTransformation: Health care is being delivered in a team model rather than as individual experts working separately. This fosters collaborations between primary care, specialists, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Adoptability: Use of telecommunication and electronic communication make this...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Eric Benchimol eric.benchimol@sickkids.ca Sick Kids, and University of OttawaCanada has among the highest rates of IBD in the world. Immigrants to Canada are at lower risk of IBD, and used the health system appropriately once they were diagnosed. However, some children of immigrants born...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Ken Chapman ken.chapman.airways@gmail.com 416-603-5499 Emily Seto Deborah Casey melanie.yeung@uhn.ca 416-931-9169 University Health NetworkSelf-management is a key component of evidence-based care for patients living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Mobile-based applications with patient-specific information may support COPD patients in learning self-management skills, including adherence...