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January 2008
Continuous Infusion Pump Survey
Opportunities to share and seek best practices in many different areas of infant, child and youth health service delivery continue to be a frequent request from many of our members. As a commitment to all our members, CAPHC is pleased to serve as your knowledge broker, by sharing these requests to seek “best and most promising practices” in many areas of child health.
Leslie Galloway and her colleagues at the Child Health Quality Team and the Women’s Health Program at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority are studying the use of continuous infusion pumps. As part of their process to improve the quality of care for children in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, the Child Health Quality Team would be very interested in learning about “best practice” from other CAPHC centres. On behalf of our Winnipeg colleagues, I have attached a very brief questionnaire that outlines a few specific questions. I would greatly appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete this and return it directly to Leslie via e-mail (lgalloway@hsc.mb.ca). You may wish to share this survey with your Nursing Leader colleagues. Your collective responses will be posted on the CAPHC web site (www.caphc.org) so that we may share your experiences and recommendations with all our paediatric colleagues!
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Complete Survey
CAPHC is pleased to facilitate this request and we look forward to hearing from other members about new collaborative opportunities based on our common goals and objectives!
Kind regards to all,
Doug Maynard RRT, MBA
Associate Director

November 2007
Healthcare Provider Patient Ratios
CAPHC has recently received a request for information from our colleagues at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario regarding healthcare provider patient ratios. The survey results will be considered in tandem with the information recently requested by Ruth Lee from Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster Children’s Hospital, and a national teleconference will be organized for those interested to discuss the results.
We would greatly appreciate your forwarding the attached document to your respective nursing representative(s) for completion by November 22nd, 2007.
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Complete Survey

June 2007
Role of research in the training and practice of psychologists in pediatric health centres
This survey has now been completed - »
Survey Results
There have been few studies that explore the role of research in the training and practice of psychologists working in paediatric health centres. Psychologists at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Stollery Children’s Hospital have collaborated to create an online survey that explores these issues. This is part of a research project funded by The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation to Dr. J. Olds and Dr. A. Witol. We would like to invite your agency to participate in this study. As some questions are specific to individuals who participate in the hiring of psychology staff, and others are directed at those who are not in this role, we ask that the survey be distributed to psychologists in different roles within your agency.
The study takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Participation in this study is voluntary, and you can chose to refrain from answering any question. The information obtained will be kept confidential. The Research Ethics Board at CHEO has approved this study.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Andrea Miller (amiller@cheo.on.ca), Dr. Stephanie Greenham (greenham@cheo.on.ca), Dr. Janet Olds (olds@cheo.on.ca), Dr. Janice Cohen (cohen@cheo.on.ca) or Dr. Adrienne Witol (awitol@cha.ab.ca).
In order to enter the survey, please click on the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=227413505508
Sincerely,
Dr. Stephanie Greenham
CHEO |
Dr. Janice Cohen
CHEO |
Andrea Miller
Psychology Intern, CHEO |
Dr. Janet Olds
CHEO |
Dr. Adrienne Witol
Stollery Children’s Hospital |
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September 6, 2006
Determining Best Practice: Gastrostomy
Tube Management Survey
This survey has now been completed - »
Survey Results
Opportunities to share and seek best practices in many different
areas of infant, child and youth health service delivery continue
to be a frequent request from many of our members.
As a commitment to all our members, CAPHC is pleased to serve
as your knowledge broker, by sharing these requests to seek
“best and most promising practices” in many areas
of child health.
Leslie Galloway and her colleagues at the Child Health Quality
Team and the Women’s Health Program at the Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority are working to improve the consistency
of care of children from the pre-operative period until several
months post insertion of the Gastrostomy Tube. As part of
their work, they are beginning to work on the development
of an algorithm and clinical pathway. As part of this process,
they would be very interested in learning about “best
practice” from other CAPHC centres.
On behalf of our Winnipeg colleagues, I have attached a very
brief questionnaire that outlines a few specific questions.
I would greatly appreciate if you could take a few minutes
to complete this and return it directly to
Leslie via e-mail. You may wish to share this survey with
your Nursing Leader colleagues.
»
Complete Survey
Your collective responses will be posted on the CAPHC web
site (www.caphc.org) so that we may share your experiences
and recommendations with all our paediatric colleagues!
CAPHC is pleased to facilitate this request and we look forward
to hearing from other members about new collaborative opportunities
based on our common goals and objectives!
Hope everyone has had a great summer. I am looking forward
to seeing many of you in Vancouver at CAPHC’s 2006 Annual
Meeting!
Kind regards to all.

Elaine Orrbine
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
Association Canadienne Des Centres De Santé Pediatriques(ACCSP)
eorrbine@caphc.org

June 10, 2006
Children’s Environmental Health:
A National Survey for Health Care Professionals
The CAPHC national office has recently partnered with the
Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH), Asociación
Argentina de Médicos por el Medio Ambiente (AAMMA),
the Paediatric Societies of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and
Chile, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International
Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), to build capacity
among multi-disciplinary health care professionals in Canada,
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay to recognize and understand
the influence of environmental contaminants on the health
of children.
The following survey has been developed to gain a better
understanding of the experience of Canadian health care professionals
in relation to children’s environmental health. The
data collected through this survey will assist in the development
of 3 Canadian capacity-building workshops on children’s
environmental health taking place over the next year. As we
have done with previous collaborative surveys, the data will
be aggregated, reported back on the CAPHC website and shared
with all participants. The first workshop will be held in
conjunction with CAPHC’s Annual meeting in Vancouver
on October 19, 2006. Please note that all participating centres
will be acknowledged at each workshop.
Your participation and feedback are extremely important to
us and I would greatly appreciate if you could complete the
survey at the following link by July 7, 2006. The survey takes
approximately 15 minutes to complete.
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Complete Survey
As CAPHC liaisons, you may want to refer this survey link
to the individual(s) or office(s) who would be most familiar
with children’s environmental health issues.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me.As always, many thanks to all for your collaboration!

Elaine Orrbine
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
eorrbine@caphc.org

Patient Identification Systems
This survey has now been completed.
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Survey Results (PDF, 168 KB)
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Thank-you for your participation (PDF, 79KB)
Opportunities to share and seek best practices in many different
areas of infant, child and youth health service delivery continue
to be a frequent request from many of our members.
As a commitment to all our members, CAPHC is pleased to serve
as a communication broker, by sharing these requests to "problem
solve" as a national paediatric community of practice.
Gerarda Cronin and her colleagues at the Child Health Quality
Team and the Women’s Health Program at the Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority are currently examining the safety
of patient identification systems for small infants and would
appreciate hearing from CAPHC members regarding your respective
experiences.
They have been having problems with Hollister Bands that
are too loose and fall off really
small babies and are wondering if other paediatric colleagues
across the country have experienced similar problems.
Below you will find a link to a very brief questionnaire
that outlines a few specific questions and I would greatly
appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete this
and return it directly to Gerarda at ccronin@hsc.mb.ca.
You may wish to share this survey with your Nursing Leader
colleagues.
Your collective responses will be posted on the CAPHC web
site (www.caphc.org) so that we may share your experiences
and recommendations with other paediatric colleagues!
CAPHC is pleased to facilitate this request and we look forward
to hearing from other members about new collaborative opportunities
based on our common goals and objectives!
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Many thanks to all!
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Download Survey (PDF, 92 KB)

Elaine Orrbine
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
eorrbine@caphc.org

Clinical Pathways: A National Survey
This survey has now been completed.
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Survey Results (PDF, 1.17 MB)
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Thank-you for your participation (PDF, 108 KB)
The CAPHC national office has recently been contacted by
our CHEO colleague, Louise Martin regarding the utilization
in Canada, of clinical pathways across our pediatric communities.
Below you will find some background information and a brief
survey that Louise has asked CAPHC to share with all our members.
These data will be presented at a UK conference “Integrated
Care Pathways” in June 2006 and will be submitted as
a poster abstract for the upcoming CAPHC Annual Meeting in
the fall of 2006 in Vancouver. All participating centres will
be acknowledged at both of these meetings.
Your participation and feedback are extremely important to
us and I would greatly appreciate if you could complete this
survey and return it by March 15, 2006, to Louise Martin at
the following email address - martin_l@cheo.on.ca.
As CAPHC liaisons, you may want to refer this survey to the
individual or office who would be most familiar with the full
range of clinical pathways within your respective organizations.
FYI, the survey can be completed on line and emailed directly
to Louise.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
As always, many thanks to all for your collaboration!
»Download
Survey (PDF, 149 KB)

Elaine Orrbine
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
eorrbine@caphc.org
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