Stephen Duckett
Stephen Duckett
Alberta Health Services formally came into existence on April 1, 2009, potentially signaling the start of a new wave of health restructuring in Canada. This article situates that change in the context of international trends in health restr...
Achieving environmental excellence through a multidisciplinary grassroots movement [0.03%]
通过跨学科基层运动实现环境卓越成绩
Bryan Herechuk,Carolyn Gosse,John N Woods
Bryan Herechuk
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) supports a grassroots green team, called Environmental Vision and Action (EVA). Since the creation of EVA, a healthy balance between corporate projects led by corporate leaders and grassroots initiati...
Kevin Mercer
Kevin Mercer
Mark A Vimr,Gail G Thompson
Mark A Vimr
Hospital physicians often have little formal preparation for leadership roles. The St. Joseph's Health Centre program for physician leaders includes a competency profile, personal development plans, self-directed reflective learning, and ac...
Implementation of an integrated peri-operative quality management program at the Ottawa Hospital [0.03%]
渥太华医院围手术期综合质量管理工作程序的实施
David R Schramm,Jim R Worthington,Jack B Kitts
David R Schramm
The 2004 Canadian Adverse Events Study estimated up to 23,750 potentially preventable in-hospital deaths occur annually; 51.4% of adverse events occurred with surgical care delivery. An integrated peri-operative quality management program h...
Martin Lees,Patty Chapman,Spencer Dickson
Martin Lees
Most change processes fail. Success requires a systematic approach based on the best practices performed within a setting of significant commitment by the organization and its leaders and staff. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI...
Lindsay Campbell Peach,Elaine Rankin
Lindsay Campbell Peach
Growing fiscal pressures on health departments both provincially and locally necessitate tough decisions to be made. Although evidence-informed decision making may be commonly used for clinical decision making, the notion of evidence-inform...
Megan Ward
Megan Ward
A process for systematically applying research to public health decisions was created for a large, public health organization in Canada. The 9-step process is supported by tools and training in accessing, appraising, and applying research. ...
Maureen O&#x;Neil
Maureen O&#x;Neil
Kevin Mercer
Kevin Mercer