Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Homer Yang hyang@toh.ca 613-761-4940 TOHAMO, The Ottawa Hospital, and University of OttawaPost-op 30-day readmissions, re-operations, and Emergency Department (ED) visits currently are 5 - 13%. With early discharge, patients are often unsure of signs or symptoms (S+S), resulting in extra ED visits for minor...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Virginia Wesson vwesson@mtsinai.on.ca 416-586-4800 x 6159 mchiu@mtsinai.on.ca Sinai Health System, University of TorontoCommunity based care coordinators can be taught Problem Solving Techniques that they can then apply in their work with carers of family members with dementia. Carers learned to more effectively manage dementia...
Chronic Care and Patient-Centred Care Gaetan Tardif 416 597-3422 x 3730 gaetan.tardif@uhn.ca Carol Fancott 416 340-4800 x 6883 Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health NetworkAt a time when there is great emphasis on patients’ experiences of care and their engagement across the health spectrum, the development and implementation of...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Leanne K. Casaubon leanne.casaubon@uhn.ca 416-603-5685 (office) 416-893-2815 (cell) University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, University of TorontoThe Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) And Minor Stroke (TAMS) Unit is a rapid-access, day-unit care model that is unique in Ontario and Canada. It was developed to provide care...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care David Birnie dbirnie@ottawaheart.ca 613-761-4705 University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization (UOHIAMO) Transformation: How will the project transform health care delivery. The project has and is widely regarded as being the definitive project in the world in this area. Immediately we changed practice at...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Nathan Herrmann nathan.herrmann@sunnybrook.ca 416-480-6133 mkhan@sri.utoronto.ca 416-480-6100 ext 3185 Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreSMARTIE aims to establish a novel clinical care pathway involving a unique collaboration between Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for the screening and management of geriatric-specific...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Mark Boulos mark.boulos@sunnybrook.ca mark.boulos@utoronto.ca Work Phone: 416-480-4473 Cell Phone: 416-433-5653 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University of TorontoTRANSFORMATION: Our project could substantially transform the way healthcare is delivered because it would change the way we manage patients with stroke/TIA. Instead of having patients with stroke/TIA...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Richard Aviv 416 480 6100 ext. 7989 richard.aviv@sunnybrook.ca Sunnybrook AFP Association, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, U of Toronto Amanda Murphy amanda.murphy@mail.utoronto.ca 647-222-7872 Neuroradiology fellow Department of Medical Imaging University of Toronto Transformation - Based on the results of this investigation, current CT perfusion protocols...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Gregory Hare hareg@smh.ca 416 864-5259 SMHA Innovation Fund, St. Michael's Hospital, University of TorontoTransformation: Iron restricted anemia is a global health problem and is prevalent in patients undergoing surgery. Up to 40% of patients (ACS-NSQUIP, EuSOS) undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery are anemia placing them at...
Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Calum Redpath credpath@ottawaheart.ca 613-761-4977 613-761-4070 UOHIAMO, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa OntarioAn “always on” arrhythmia detection device offers the potential to transform healthcare delivery in the following ways:(i) to reliably detect the development of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in longitudinal studies of the general (healthy)...