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Evaluation of rapid virtual care scale-up during the Covid-19 Pandemic: (DECISION)

This research explores the impact of the shift to virtual care at the level operations and professional and institutional identity in four distinct clinical sites in UHN and SickKids.

Lead: Robert Paul

Affiliates: Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis

Improving outcomes and efficiency by reducing unnecessary invasive angiograms using AI-based clinical decision support

CREATE (CentRe for digital hEalth and dATa sciEnce) has developed an AI model that can help reduce the number of unnecessary angiograms and now working to develop a clinical decision support tool for use at the point of care.

Lead: Jeremy Petch

Affiliates: Laura C. Rosella

Developing a Pan-Canadian Risk-Assessment Tool to Proactively Assess Hospital Safeguards for Controlled Substances

A Pan-Canadian risk assessment tool is being developed for hospitals to identify, safeguard, and estimate the cost of drug diversion in hospitals.

Lead: Patricia Trbovich

Improving Surgical Safety with the Operating Room Black Box

NYGH has implemented the Operating Room Black Box (ORBB), which creates an audio/video record of surgical procedures over time to rigorously study how errors come about, and how they can be prevented.

Lead: Patricia Trbovich

The IDEA Study

The IDEA Study identifies and adapts interventions to reduce documentation burden and improve nurses’ efficiency in using electronic health record systems.

Lead: Gillian Strudwick

Affiliates: Lianne P. Jeffs, Damian Jankowicz, Nelson Shen, Jessica Kemp

The Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE)

CACHE collaborates with local, national, and international partners to advance education, practice, research, systems, and policy toward better work and care for all, offering professional development programs and consultation to support this advancement.

Lead: Stella Ng

Affiliates: Paula Rowland

HAD3050H

Leading and Managing Change

This class is now concluded

Modular

Location(s): HS Health Sciences Building 155 College Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3M6208

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HAD3090H

The Application of Lean in Healthcare

Modular
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Elective.

This course is not offered in Fall 2022.

HAD3010H

Fundamentals of Improvement Science

This class is now concluded

Intensive

Location(s): HS Health Sciences Building 155 College Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3M6208

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One week intensive
Presentations: September 16 (9 am- 12:00 pm)

HAD3020H

Quality Improvement Methods

This class is now concluded

Modular

Location(s): HS Health Sciences Building 155 College Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3M6208

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