Project

Integrating End-of-Life and Palliative Care Education into Residency Programs.

Fellow

Dr. Pierre Jean Allard, Chief, Division of Palliative Care, SCO Health Services, Ottawa.

Project

Development of a Professional Practice Framework for Toronto Public Health.

Fellow

Maureen Cava, Manager, Professional Practice, Toronto Public Health.

Project

Patient Safety in a Rural Hospital Setting - Creating a Just Culture.

Fellow

Sonja Glass, Manager, Risk Management and Quality Improvement, Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound.

Project

A Description of the Adoption Barriers, Removal Strategies, and Lessons Learned from a Hospital Wireless Computer Implementation at Kingston General Hospital.

Fellow

Dr. David H. Goldstein, Medical Director, Acute Pain Services, Kingston General Hospital.

Project

Implementation of Clinical Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) in a South-western Ontario Teaching Hospital.

Fellow

Heather Hoxby, Director of Nursing Practice, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

Project

Reorganization of care for adult patients who have Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Fellow

Kirsten Krull-Naraj, Vice President of Patient Programs and Chief Nursing Officer, Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie.

Project

Knowledge to Practice (K2P): Integrating the Use of Research Evidence in Decision-Making at Saint Elizabeth Health Care.

Fellow

Nancy Lefebre, Chief Clinical Executive, Senior VP Knowledge and Practice, Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Markham.

Project

A Women’s Health Institute Model for Sunnybrook and  Women’s and Beyond.

Fellow

Heather McPherson, Chief of Health Disciplines, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.

Project

Holiday Service Reduction: Impact on Quality and Safety of Patient Care.

Fellow

Dr. James Worthington, Vice-President, Medical Affairs, Quality, Patient Safety, The Ottawa Hospital.

Project

Priority Setting and Resource Allocation Processes for Operational Decision Making in an Urban Community Teaching Hospital

Fellow

Carolyn Baker, President and CEO, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto.

Project

Re-Definition of Existing Nursing Continuing Clinical Education Structures and Processes in a Community Hospital.

Fellow

Wendy Fucile, Lecturer, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, Trent University, Peterborough.

Project

Advancing Health System Integration through the Amalgamation of Community Care Access Centres in the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network in Ontario.

Fellow

Kevin Mercer, formerly with CCAC of Waterloo Region.

Project

Implementing Leadership Rounds to Improve Patient Safety.

Fellow

Susan Richardson, Vice-President Patient Services and Allied Health, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa.

Project

Enabling Front Line Participation to Create a Quality Improvement Culture.

Fellow

John Ruetz, Executive Lead, Community Programs, Bridgepoint Health, Hamilton.

Project

Implementation of a Safety Framework in a Rehabilitation Hospital.

Fellow

Dr. Gaetan Tardif, Vice-President Patient Care and Chief Medical Officer, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

Project

Wait Time Management for Tertiary Mental Health Services.

Fellow

Dr. Raj Bhatla, A/Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa.

Project

Integrating Health Professionals into New Models of Interprofessional Care Delivery.

Fellow

Faith Boutcher, Director, Professional Practice, Research and Education, North York General Hospital, Toronto.

Project

Building a Risk Aware and Client Safety Focused Culture in the Waterloo Wellington CCAC.

Fellow

Inta Bregzis, Senior Director, Performance Management and Accountability, Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre.

Project

Sustaining an Access Management Strategy at Grand River Hospital.

Fellow

Patrick Gaskin, formerly with Grand River Hospital.

Project

Building Sustainable Nursing Resources in Rural Hospitals: Retaining New Recruits.

Fellow

Sue McCutcheon, Vice-President Clinical Services, Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound.

Project

A Blueprint for Establishing an Evidence-Based Decision Consultation Service at the SCO Health Service.

Fellow

Dr. Louise Patrick, Chief of Allied Health, SCO Health Service, Ottawa.

Project

Evidence-Based Audit and Review Framework

Fellow

Jodi Younger, Operational Service Manager, Mental Health and Addictions, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

Project

Setting the Stage: Using an Evidence-Informed Approach to Address Implementation of Nurse Practitioners within a Pediatric Rehabilitation Centre.

Fellow

Sandi Cox, formerly Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Director, Rehabilitation and Complex Continuing Care with Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto.

Project

Evaluation of a Structured Mentorship Program for New Nursing Staff.

Fellow

Kathleen Ann Heslin, formerly Chief Nurse Executive and Chief Practice Officer with York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill.

Project

Reducing Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Days by Improving Patient Flow between Acute Care, Rehabilitation and Community.

Fellow

Kim Lenahan, Executive Director, Patient Care, Geriatric, MSK and Neuro Rehab Programs, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

Project

Increasing Patient/Staff Safety by Reducing Risk Related to Aggressive Patient Behaviours.

Fellow

Mary Puntillo, Operational Services Manager, Schizophrenia Service, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

Project

Toronto Public Health Divisional Quality Assurance Program Implementation.

Fellow

Sylvanus Thompson, Healthy Environments Quality Assurance Manager, Toronto Public Health.

Project

Assessing a Framework for Quality Improvement Programs at Bluewater Health.

Fellows

Bluewater Health Team (formerly)
Dr. Martin Lees, Chief of Staff.
Patty Chapman, Vice President Clinical Services.
Spencer Dickson, Chief Nursing Officer.

Project

Encouraging a Culture of Inquiry: Journey to a Learning Environment.

Fellow

Cambridge Memorial Hospital Team (formerly)
Beatrice Mudge,  Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive Patient Services.
Dr. Catherine Morris, Chief of Staff [Formerly with CMH).

Project

Culturally Safe Evidence-Informed Decision-Making for First Nations and Inuit Community Health Policies and Programs.

Fellows

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Team, Health Canada
Dr. Patricia Wiebe, Medical Specialist in Mental Health.
Kathy Langlois, Director General, Community Programs Directorate.
Eric Costen, Director, Mental Health and Addictions Unit, Community Programs Directorate.

Project

Research-Oriented Decision-Making to Guide Local Public Health Practice to Reduce Social Inequities in Health.

Fellows

Sudbury and District Health Unit Team
Dr. Penny Sutcliffe,  Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer.
Susan Snelling, Manager, Research and Evaluation Resources.
Sandra Laclé, Health Promotion.

Project

A Green Program for Ecology, Healing and Healthy Work at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

Fellows

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Team
John Woods, Director, Research Administration and Strategic Development.
Carolyn Gosse, Director of Inpatient Pharmacy.

Project

Development of Health Services Research Infrastructure in the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital.

Fellow

Mary Townend, Professional Practice Consultant, Sudbury Regional Hospital.

Project

Inspiring Transformational Leadership: A Capacity Building Program for Physician Leaders.

Fellow

Mark Vimr,  Executive Vice President, Clinical and Professional Prgrams and Services, St. Joseph's Health Care, Toronto.

Project

Methods and tools for evidence-informed decision making at Peel Public Health.

Fellow

Dr. Megan Ward, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Peel Region Public Health.

Project

Laying the Groundwork for CPOE [Computerized Physician Order Entry] through Physician Engagement.

Fellow

Dr. Todd M. Webster, Urologist, Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound.

Project

Peri-operative Value Stream.

Fellow

Dr. Nancy Whitmore, Chief of Staff/VP Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital.

Project

Improving Women’s Health Through Policy Intervention.

Fellow

Pat Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Echo-Improving Women’s Health in Ontario.

Project

Planning for Success: an Evidence-based Approach to Preparing Nurses for an EPR.

Fellow

Nazlin Hirji, Director, Nursing/Patient Care, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

Project

Development of a Quality and Performance Scorecard.

Fellow

Dr. David Schramm, Surgical Director, University of Ottawa Auditory Implant Program.

Project

Improving Patient Outcomes with Evidence-supported Computerized Physician Order Entry.

Fellows

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Team
Dr. Agostino Bellissimo, Chief of Emergency Medicine.
Gerardo Castaneda, Chief Information Officer.

Project

Redesign of Ambulatory Care Services at Princess Margaret Hospital.

Fellows

University Health Network Team
Sara Downey, Vice-President, Princess Margaret Hospital.
Barbara Fitzgerald, Director of Nursing, Princess Margaret Hospital.
Dr. Malcolm Moore, Head of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Project

Nursing Transfer of Accountability

Fellow

Ann Bartlett, Acting Vice-President, Patient Services, Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

Project

Workforce Development to Support Evidence-Informed Public Health Practice.

Fellow

Beverley Bryant, Education and Research, Peel Public Region Health Department

Project

Focusing Performance Management and Learning Strategies Through Health Equity.

Fellow

Gene Long, formerly with Toronto Public Health.

Project

Implementing a "Navigator" Model in Emerging Mental Illness.

Fellows

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Team
Dr. Peter Bieling, Director, Mood Disorders and Geriatric Psychiatry Programs
Victorial Madsen, Change Management Manager

Project

Improving Nursing Staff Morale through Staff Engagement and Releasing Time to Care.

Fellow

Melissa Thompson, Program Director, Grey Bruce Health Services

Project

Just in Time Delivery of Quality Results to Influence Decision-Making.

Fellow

Marilyn El Bestawi, Executive Director, Hospital, Pharmacy, and Diagnostic Services, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.

Project

Re-engineering Patient Flow Using an Evidence-Based Triage Tool.

Fellow

Kathy Greene, Director, Department of Decision Support, Bruyère Continuing Care

Project

Patient Informed Decision Making in Hospital Service Design and Policy.

Fellows

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Team
Michelle Joyner, Manager, Patient Flow
Laura Wheatley, Senior Manager, Clinical Development

Project

Evidence-informed Changes to Funded Services and Products.

Fellow

Alison Paprica, Acting Director, Health System Planning and Research Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Project

Knowledge Exchange Mechanisms for Surveillance, Health Status, and Research Data.

Fellows

Peel Region Public Health Department Team
Julie Stratton, Manager, Epidemiology
Monali Varia, Surveillance Advisor