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IDEAS Alumni Community Administrator

IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Join us for a webinar: How to discover what is really causing the problem

The IDEAS team is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Wednesday, August 21st from 12:10 pm to 1pm called Diagnostics: How to discover what is really causing the problem. Please join us if you are: Wondering how to uncover more about what is …

4 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Developing suicide screening practice in community mental health: Spotlight on Northumberland Hills

Northumberland Hills Hospital Community Mental Health Services (NHHCMHS) identified that clients accessing the community walk-in clinic were not being screened for suicide risk using a formalized screening practice. They recognized that this was …

4 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Improving care for patients with major depression: Spotlight on William Osler Health System

William Osler Health System identified that patients with major depression were not always receiving timely access to mental health and addictions treatment following discharge from the Mood and Anxiety Adult Inpatient Unit at the Brampton Civic …

4 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: How do you reduce unplanned emergency department transfers? Spotlight on West Park and Humber River

West Park Healthcare Centre reported approximately 280 transfers to the Emergency Department (ED) each year, with 75% of patients going to Humber River Hospital. West Park and Humber River believed there were ways to decrease the transfers between the …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: How do you reduce emergency department readmission rates? Spotlight on CAMH’s Bridging Clinic

Toronto’s Centre for Mental Health and Addictions (CAMH) is home to Ontario’s only standalone psychiatric emergency department (ED). CAMH’s ED volume has increased yearly, growing by 52% over five years. CAMH saw a clear need for mental health and …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: How do you reduce hospital readmission rates? Spotlight on St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital

Transitions from one care setting to another are a persistent quality gap across the province, one that can negatively impact both patient outcomes and system costs when a lack of appropriate follow-up results in worsening health and hospital …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Improving Patient & Family Experience & Outcomes Through Our Competency Orientation

The following was identified: 1) Very weak orientation and training program for new hires 2) Lots of changes since opening in 2014 3) Lack of communication 4) Clear division between management and administration staff and frontline staff 5) Issues …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: PREVENT: Preventing Readmissions and ER Visits in Elgin through Novel Transitions

Patients with Congestive HeartFailure (CHF) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at high riskof readmission following hospital discharge. Thirty day readmission rates range from 23-25% for this population. The transition from hospital to …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Medication Reconciliation in a Rural Family Health Team

Medication safety is an issue; 25% of patients have at least one chronic disease and receive medication from other clinics. There is no standard approach for reconciling medication within our electronic medical records (EMR) system. This IDEAS team …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Reducing Counselling and Therapy Wait Times for Children and Youth

Children and youth accessing mental health services at the Maltby Centre are not getting to Counselling and Therapy services in a timely way. Long wait times lead to frustration among clients and duplicative processes for staff. The IDEAS team focused on …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Crisis Intervention and Wellness Check: ED Diversion for Non-Emergent Mental Health & Substance

There are clients who visit St. Michael’s Hosp. Emergency Department (ED) multiple times for non-emergent mental health and/or substance use concerns. There is an opportunity to intervene and connect these clients to rapid community supports. This IDEAS …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Developing Depression Standards

Currently, clients accessing the walk-in clinic at NHHCMHS are not being screened for suicide risk using a formalized screening practice, resulting in inconsistent documentation, the potential for clients contemplating suicide to not receive the proper …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: West Toronto. COPD Care Pathway

In West Toronto, COPD patients have high rates of ED visits and hospital admission and re-admissions which impacts patient’s quality of life + poses a significant financial burden on the healthcare system. This IDEAS team focused on the following aim; by …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Interprofessional Primary Care Team

Residents of age 65 and over, living in Toronto Community Housing (TCH) building in the Englemount-Lawrence neighbourhood, have a lower attachment rate to primary care services in comparison to other neighbourhoods in Toronto. This IDEAS team had the …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Perinatal Adjustment Support Group

This IDEAS team identified a problem of a lack of awareness and timely access to mental health support for pre and post-natal clients living in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park. In their IDEAS project they focused on creating a psychoeducational …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Piloting a Peer Support Model to Improve Attachment to Services

The Toronto Community Housing building at 250 Davenport Rd. has many vulnerable tenants with complex health and social needs. Traditional service delivery has resulted in poor attachment to services, leading to unmet care needs and/or wasted resources. …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Managing Palliative Crisis in the Home

Reduce ER visits for those mutual clients with Brampton Civic Hospital and CW LHIN while experiencing crisis in the community. From a client perspective, our improvement will: • Ensure clients/caregivers feel supported at home • Be knowledgeable about …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Lakelands Family Health Team COPD Screening Program

The Lakelands FHT does not have a systematic process or approach to screening and managing our patient population with regards to COPD. Patients that do have identified COPD do not receive coordinated, standardized care. This IDEAS team focused on the …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Increasing the Rate of Cervical Cancer Screening

Only 60% of eligible females pts (23-69yrs) are up to date on their pap screening test. Roughly 4975 pts of eligible pts (in this FHT) have not been screened in the last 3 years ( according to March 2018 Primary Care Practice Report) This IDEAS team …

5 years ago

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IDEAS Alumni Community Administratorcreated the topic: Improving Transitions to Independent Housing for Youth

There is a lack of safe, affordable housing in London. Securing housing as a youth during a time of transition, when they do not have the social skills or resources is a challenge. Being in a transitional supportive housing program receiving mental …

5 years ago