Showcase 2016

Development and pilot evaluation of an interactive mobile website to support decision-making for emergency contraception
Sheila Dunn

July 27, 2016, 0

Women and Children Sheila Dunn sheila.dunn@wchospital.ca 416-323-6400 Women's College AFP Governance Organization; WCH; University of Toronto 1) We used focus groups of young women to co-design a mobile website, whatsnextforme.ca, that presents easy-to-navigate, accurate information about all methods of emergency contraception with a Toronto clinic finder to access these...

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The Developmental Passport: How to ensure families are accessing the right care
Elizabeth Young

July 27, 2016, 0

Women and Children Elizabeth Young younge@smh.ca 416-864-6060 ext 77042 jegathesant@smh.ca Department of Pediatrics, St.Michael's Hospital, and University of TorontoThe Pediatric Developmental Passport (Passport) is an innovative tracking tool designed to improve developmental health care delivery by addressing the barriers families face in accessing developmental services for their child with an...

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Expanding urgent oncofertility services for reproductive aged women at Cancer Centers remote from a tertiary level ART Centre by Use of Telehealth and an on site Nurse Navigator
Ellen Greenblatt & Kimberly Liu

July 27, 2016, 0

Women and Children Ellen Greenblatt ellen.greenblatt@sinaihealthsystem.ca 416-586-5046 MSH/UHN AMO Kimberly Liu Kimberly.Liu@Sinaihealthsystem.ca 416-586-5367 MSH/UHN AMOMany cancer treatments may cause infertility and young cancer patients may not have begun or completed childbearing. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) enables fertility preservation (FP) through the freezing of eggs and embryos. This project will...

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Implementation of a Structured Hospital-wide Mortality and Morbidity Rounds Model: An Interventional Study
Lisa Calder

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Lisa Calder lcalder@ohri.ca 613-798-5555 x17484 TOHAMO, Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteCurrently, most hospitals hold regular educational exercises where they discuss cases with unexpected outcomes, called Morbidity & Mortality rounds. To date, these are unstructured and as such, constitute missed opportunities for improving patient safety...

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Improving patient care through the development and implementation of the Thoracic Surgery, Quality Monitoring, Information Management and Clinical Documentation System (TSQIC)
Andrew JE Seely

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Andrew J. E. Seely aseely@toh.ca 613-314-4144 613-737-8899, 74052 The Ottawa Hospital Medical Organization (TOHAMO),University of OttawaWe created and implemented a standardized system for capturing all adverse events (AEs) after all thoracic surgeries at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) since 01/2008. With this TOHAMO grant...

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Planned Early Discharge After Laparoscopic (PEDAL) Hysterectomy Study: A Pilot Prospective Observational Study
Sukhbir S. Singh

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Sukhbir S. Singh susingh@toh.ca (613) 738-8400 x81740 TOHAMO, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Dept Obs/GynHysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in Canada. With over 40 000 cases/year, there is an opportunity to provide meaningful interventions for large scale change. ...

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Evidence-Based Decision Making & Health Technology Assessment for Critical Care, Anesthesia and Surgery (Knowledge Translation): Building a Centre of Excellence
Janet Martin & Davy Cheng

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Janet Martin Janet.Martin@lhsc.on.ca 519-685-8500 x34482 Davy Cheng Davy.Cheng@lhsc.on.ca 519-685-8500 x33031 AMOSO, London Health Sciences Centre/St. Joseph's Health Care London,Western University Technologies and innovations for surgery, anesthesia and critical care are burgeoning, and each of them brings purported benefits. How shall we...

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Elucidating the factors that determine success in fecal transplant therapy for C. difficile infection
Elaine O. Petrof

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Elaine O. Petrof eop@queensu.ca 613-533-6000 ext. 75471 Kingston General Hospital, and Queen's UniversityThrough these studies we will gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying successful fecal microbial therapy for recurrent CDI, which will help us to further refine microbial therapy for C. difficile.Clostridium...

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Development and Implementation of a Perioperative Smoking Cessation Program With Computer-Based Patient Educaton
Jean Wong

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Jean Wong jean.wong@uhn.ca 416-603-5118 MSH UHN Academic Medical Organization, University of Toronto Patients who smoke put themselves at increased risk for serious surgical complications ranging from wound infections to respiratory problems and even death. It is not currently routine practice to educate patients...

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Sunnybrook Hospital Wide Stewardship for Broad spectrum Antimicrobials – Optimizing Duration of Treatment for Bloodstream Infections
Nick Daneman & Rob Fowler

July 27, 2016, 0

Patient Safety and Quality of Care Presenter: Asgar Rishu asgar.rishu@sunnybrook.ca 416-480-6100 x88153 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute Nick Daneman nick.daneman@sunnybrook.ca 416-480-6100 x 2791 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute Rob Fowler Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research InstituteThe Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE) research program...

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