IHPME is directly involved in the development, leadership, and sustainability of several ongoing research activities.
These cross-collaborations build bridges between the Institute’s students, researchers, faculty and a multitude of peers in national and international fields.
Learn about ongoing initiatives, connect with faculty, or find inspiration for your thesis projects with our directory.
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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.
A Pan-Canadian risk assessment tool is being developed for hospitals to identify, safeguard, and estimate the cost of drug diversion in hospitals.
The Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CANCOV) is a platform observational study that provides a comprehensive evaluation of early to 2-year outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and their family caregivers.
An adapted early warning signs and symptoms (EWSS) intervention to improve early recognition and referral of childhood cancers in Kenya and Cameroon: An Effectiveness Implementation Study. 5 years. Cancer accounts for a growing proportion of global childhood mortality. There are […]
The Wilson Centre generates high quality and innovative interdisciplinary education science to propel transformations in health professions education.
This study investigates the prevalence of e-cigarette consumption and neighbourhood/community characteristics across Canada.
PREVENT brings together a pan-Canadian team that can help Canada utilize technology as a force-multiplier to provide “Personalized Prevention Prescriptions” (PPP) for individuals at risk.
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.
Diagnostic errors are a global population health challenge, impacting one in every twenty patients annually and nearly ever person accessing the health system within their lifetime. The Patient-Partnered Diagnostic Center of Excellence is a four-year program of research funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality and is led by investigators from the University of Toronto, MedStar Health (Maryland & District of Columbia), Baylor College of Medicine (Texas), and the Mothers Against Medical Error. Dr. Kelly Smith leads the Toronto node of the Center.
This research leverages structured and free-text data in electronic health records to develop natural language processing and machine learning models that will help develop outcome prediction models and tailored interventions in our health system.