CAPHC Patient Safety Collaborative Symposia, Meetings, & Webinar Presentations

Patient Safety Collaborative 2010 - 2011 Teleconference Schedule

*PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START TIME: 11:00 am ET

September 24, 2010 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
November 26, 2010 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
December 17, 2010 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
January 28, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
February 25, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
March 25, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
April 22, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
May 27, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm
June 24, 2011 - 11:00am – 12:00pm

Webinar Presentations»

March 25/2011
» Two Client Identifiers & Verification Processes for High Risk Activities
January 28/2011
» FMEA - Amelie project: Ste-Justine’s Hospital University Centre
» Client Safety Related Prospective Analysis: Tips and Tools for Implementation
December 17/2010
» Communicating with Youth for Patient Safety
November 26/2010
» Safety Culture: How We Behave When No One’s Looking
September 24/2010
» Enhancing Patient Safety: Using collaborative approaches to address aggression
March 26/2010
» Paediatric H1N1 – Lessons Learned
February 26/2010
» Paediatric Morphine Safety
November 27/2009
» Managing the Risks of Hyponatremia from IV Fluids
September 25/2009
» The Safety Competencies
» Building a Culture of Patient Safety at CHEO
June 26/2009
» Neonatal Abstinence and Methadone
April 24/2009
» Mock Code Yellow
» Balancing Safety Concerns
December 18/2008
» Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System (CMIRPS)
September 26, 2008
» Paediatric Rapid Response Systems

CAPHC Patient Safety Collaborative – Paediatric Patient Safety Workshop
Advances in Paediatric Patient Safety in Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 31st, 2008

The Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres - Patient Safety Collaborative hosted a one-day Paediatric Patient Safety Workshop, entitled Advances in Paediatric Patient Safety in Canada. This interactive workshop focused on three ongoing CAPHC patient safety initiatives;

• Key learnings from the experiences of the Paediatric Medication Reconciliation Collaborative were explored, particularly in the context of the strategies for sustainability of the improvement in safer patient care realized by this QI initiative. The workshop also provided an opportunity to learn about developing a business model for quality improvement initiatives.

» JoAnne Whittingham, Project Coordinator, Patient Safety -CAPHC
» Carolyn Johnson, Quality Improvement Coordinator- IWK
» Leslie Galloway, Quality Officer, Child Health Quality Team- WRHA
» Doris Nessim, Director of Pharmacy Services- NYGH
» Shirley Goodward, Unit Administrator, Child and Teen Unit-NYGH
» Nicole Robinson, Research Coordinator for: Implementing patient safety practices in paediatrics and adult health care, Ottawa Health Research Institute
» Dr. Cheryl Greenberg Medical Director, Child Health Program, WRHA; Ron Van Denakker, Administrative Director, Child Health Program, WRHA; Susan Fogg, Program Director, Child Health, WRHA
» Kim Streitenberger, Team Leader, Quality Programs, The Hospital for Sick Children

• The journey of the Child Health Program, WRHA in patient safety learnings achieved using the London Protocol to review critical incidents and near misses will be presented.  As part of this session participants will work in teams to review anonymized examples of critical incidents, identify contributory factors and develop potential solutions

» Gerarda Cronin, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FRCPI, FAAP, Director of Quality and Decision Support, Child Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

• In addition, results from CAPHC’s patient safety study entitled “Reducing Harm in Paediatric Care: Learning About Adverse Events and Near Misses Using a Validated Canadian Paediatric Trigger Tool” will be presented.

» Barb Brady-Fryer, Administrative Director for Critical Care, Stollery Children’s Hospital

Patient Safety Collaborative 2009 Annual Symposium
Building a Road Map for the Unity of Safety and Family Centred Care

Scott Davis, Emergency Planning Specialist, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
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Darlene Boliver, Director, Quality and Patient Safety, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Tamara Gross, Parent Representative, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
» No formal PowerPoint presentation

Patient Safety Collaborative 2008 Annual Symposium
October 18th 2008 – Achieving Patient Safety for Children and Youth... The Road Forward!

Virginia Flintoft, Project Manager, Safer Health Care Now! Central Measurement Team, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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JoAnne Whittingham, National Patient Safety Project Coordinator, Paediatric Medication Reconciliation Collaborative, Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
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Kaveh G. Shojania, Canada Research Chair in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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Margaret Colquhoun, Project Leader, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP), Toronto, Ontario
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Anne Matlow, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Medical Director, Patient Safety, Director of Infection Prevention & Control, and Chair of the Patient Safety Committee, The Hospital for Sick Children
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Raj Kohli, Innovation Lead, Director Education, Discovery Campus Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Patient Safety Collaborative 2007 Annual Symposium
Intuition versus Evidence
Sunday, October 14th, Montreal Hilton Bonaventure

» Proceedings Paper

Michael Leonard, Physician Leader for Patient Safety at Kaiser Permanente, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Denver Colorado, Author of recently published book entitled: Achieving Safe and Reliable Healthcare.
Karen Frush, Chief Patient Safety Officer, Duke University Health System, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Durham, North Carolina;
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The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) 2007 Lecture will be presented by:
Kaveh G. Shojania, Canada Research Chair in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital.
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Anne Matlow, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Medical Director, Patient Safety, Director of Infection Prevention & Control, and Chair of the Patient Safety Committee, The Hospital for Sick Children; Catherine M.G. Cronin, Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, and Director of Quality & Decision Support for the Child Health Program at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA).
» View presentation

Patient Safety Collaborative 2006 Annual Symposium
Promoting Patient Safety and Best Practices in Paediatrics through Standardization of Medication Practices and Delivery Protocols
Sunday, October 15th, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Fairmont Vancouver Hotel - Boardroom
» Patient Safety Symposium Program
» Patient Safety Symposium Proceedings

CAPHC National Teleconference - Friday, June 30, 2006
Patient Safety Culture - Sharing and Learning From Each Other

December 2004
Multi-Stakeholder National Patient Safety Workshop (Held November 7, 2004)
» Final Workshop Proceedings Paper

November 2004
CAPHC Multi-Stakeholder National Patient Safety Workshop /
Atelier de multi-intervenants nationaux sur la sécurité des patients de l’ACCSP
» English
» French

February 2004
» Strategies for Hospitals to Improve Patient Safety: A Review of the Research

December 2003
Notice to Hospitals
» Update: Risk of Strangulation of Infants by IV Tubing and Monitor Leads"

June 2003
» CAPHC and Health Canada's Patient Safety Workshop Proceedings