Quality Improvement
2024 IHI Posters
OPTIMIZING CARE DELIVERY: Acetylsalicylic Acid Desensitization Protocol for Cardiac Patients
EXPANDING EXPERTISE: Upskilling Registered Nurses for Mechanical Ventilation for Critical Care Surge
ENHANCING RESOURCE USE AND PATIENT CARE VIA THE TELEVU AND BIOVU PLATFORM IN CARDIAC DEVICE CLINIC
INNOVATIVE METHODS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE BEST PRACTICE SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATION CHAMPION NETWORK
EMPOWERING BREAST CANCER PATIENTS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND NAVIGATION SUPPORT
DEVELOPING A CUSTOM GENERATIVE PRE-TRAINED TRANSFORMER TO CREATE CLINICAL SIMULATION SCENARIOS
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROGRAM RE-DESIGN: Optimizing to Meet the Evolving Needs of Our Patients
EMPOWERING NEW NURSES: The Impact of Clinical Scholars at Humber River Health
DESFLURANE CARBON FOOTPRINT: Strategies to Promote Reduction in Usage and Practice Change
TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF: Widening the Registered Dietitian Diabetes Educator’s Scope of Practice
REDUCING THE 90TH PERCENTILE TIME TO INPATIENT BED: A Collaborative Approach
APPLYING FAILURE MODES EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA) ON REPROCESSING AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
APPLYING FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA) TO PREVENT USE OF CONTAMINATED VENTILATORS IN ICU
IMPLEMENTATION OF VENTILATOR CLEANING PROCESSES POST FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Assisted-HHD with Dialysis Liaisons—Keeping Care in the Comfort of Home
REDUCING CENTRAL LINE INFECTION RATES IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
FOR THE LOVE OF INNOVATION: Building Leadership Capacity and Fostering an Innovation Mindset
PLANNING FOR A SMART DISCHARGE UPON ADMISSION ON INPATIENT MEDICINE/ NEPHROLOGY UNIT
ENHANCING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL EDUCATION: COLLABORATING WITH PATIENT AND FAMILY ADVISORS
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROCESS: Improving Patient Knowledge, Confidence, SelfEfficacy, and Attitude
STANDARDIZING PRE-OPERATIVE MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR PATIENTS HAVING ELECTIVE SURGERIES
UTILIZING HUMBER RIVER HEALTH’S NURSING RESOURCE TEAM TO ADDRESS ORGANIZATIONAL STAFFING PRIORITIES
SUSTAINING THE NURSING WORKFORCE AT HUMBER RIVER HEALTH WITHOUT THE UTILIZATION OF NURSING AGENCIES
MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
A NURSING COLLABORATIVE: Harnessing Our Synergies to Improve Patient Wait Times
BEING OPEN TO CHANGE: Engaging in Onboarding Processes that will Empower our New-Hires (OPEN)
OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTIVE CESAREAN PROCESSES TO MITIGATE DELAYS: A Multi-Phasic Project
DYNAMIC STAFFING WITH A THOUGHTFUL ORIENTATION APPROACH
EXPANSION OF PARAMEDIC PLACEMENTS AND AUTONOMOUS INTRAVENOUS EDUCATION AT HUMBER RIVER HEALTH
ADDITION OF POST-DISCHARGE CALL CENTRE REPORTING MEASURES TO COLLECT TARGETED PATIENT FEEDBACK
LEADING THE WAY: Digitalizing ECG Rhythm Strip Interpretations and Transmission into Patient EMR
INTRODUCING PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER (PSW) PLACEMENTS AT HUMBER RIVER HEALTH (HRH)
ENGAGING AND CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMBER RIVER HEALTH’S PATIENT AND FAMILY ADVISORS
PROMOTING THE PATIENT AND FAMILY ADVISOR ROLE AT HUMBER RIVER HEALTH: Developing a Recruitment Video
UTILIZING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND COMPLEX PROCESSES IN PHARMACY
TARGETED PHYSICIAN-FOCUSED HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING ANTI-BLACK RACISM
MITIGATING ENTERPRISE RISKS: Optimizing the Reactivation Care Centres’ Weekend Admission Process
ACUTE VS NON-ACUTE REFERRALS FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FRACTURE CLINIC
STUDENTS’ CLINICAL PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE IN THE REQUIRED ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES AUDIT PROGRAM
REFRESHING THE SAFETY CROSS: Fostering accountability and commitment to key performance metrics
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CATHETER-RELATED BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY STENO IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
FALL RESPIRATORY PREPAREDNESS: A Networking and Community of Practice Event
STREAMLINING THE INDUCTION BOOKING PROCESS TO ALIGN WITH CANADIAN GUIDELINES
STREAMLINING ACCESS TO SCANNED SEROLOGY REPORTS IN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AT HUMBER RIVER HEALTH
AMPLIFYING HEALTHCARE CONNECTIVITY: Technical Dive into Traverse Exchange Canada-Amplif
UNLOCKING EFFICIENCY AND NURSING EMPOWERMENT: The Power of Digital Transformation
MPLEMENTING AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED INCIDENCE OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) PROPHYLAXIS PROGRAM INITIATIVES AND INNOVATIONS IN PHARMACY PRACTICE
2023 IHI Posters
Increasing Patient Engagement: Therapeutic Group on Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit (AATU)
Celebrating the Journey and Success of the First Cohort of ACCCP New Graduate Nurses
Application of Functional Resonance Accident Model (FRAM) Framework to Understand Alarm Fatigue
Implementing an All About Me Poster To Promote Patient-Centred Care at Humber River Health (HRH)
Implementing Strategies for Bacteremia Prevention through Surveillance and Utilizing Best Practices
Digitizing the Delivery of the Peer Support Program at Humber River Health’s Cancer Care Clinic
Optimizing the Electronic Health Record (EHR) System to Enhance the Blood Transfusion Protocol
Unlocking the Gift of Life: Process Review of Donation After Death by Circulatory Criteria
Establishing a Standardized Discharge Process for Outpatient Clozapine Clinic Patients
Building Quality Improvement (QI) Capacity through Corporate QI Engagement Activities
Management of Patient Care Reports During Electronic Health Record System Downtimes
A Collaborative Approach for the Implementation of Elastomeric Infuser Pumps in Cancer Care Clinic
Digitizing the Diagnostic Imaging Requisition Process at Humber River Health
Addressing Barriers to Enhance Mobilization Frequency of Patients on the Cardio-Medicine Unit
Evaluation of Virtual Classes for Patients with Gestational Diabetes and Diabetes in Pregnancy
Streamlining Processes by Creating an Appended Pathology Report
Information Systems Team: Workplace Wellness Initiative
LTC+: Strengthening the Partnership between Acute Care and Long-Term Care Homes (LTCHs)
Partnerships Between Access to Resources and Community Support and Mobile Crisis Intervention Team
The Medical Device Reprocessing Department’s Quality Assurance Program at Humber River Health
Strategies to Reduce Falls in Adult Inpatient Mental Health and Addiction Settings
Process Mapping in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Department to Identify Potential Delays
Transitioning New-Graduate Nurses from the Graduate Nurse Extern Role into Independent Practice
Digitizing the Nursing Resource Team’s (NRT) Schedule at Humber River Health (HRH)
Cultivating High-performing Teams Through Team-building Interventions
Implementation of an Oral Care Kit as a Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Strategy
Dissemination of Patient Experience Data from the Post-Discharge Call Centre (PDCC)
Supporting Staff through Biennially Scheduled Performance Development Reviews (PDR)
Recruitment of Patient and Family Advisors to Improve Patient Engagement at Humber River Health
Engaging Patient Family Advisors in Storytelling to Improve Patient Care at Humber River Health
Promoting Quality Patient Care through Physical Assessment Competency at Humber River Health (HRH)
Expansion of the Required Organizational Practices (ROP) Audit Program Across the Organization
Improving Access to Hospital and Community Services for Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and Patients
Streamlining Multiple Dialysis Patient Accounts in Outpatient Nephrology at Humber River Health
Streamlining the Acceptance of Student Placements at Humber River Health (HRH)
Expanding the uptake of the Transfer of Accountability (TOA) Widget and Note for Inpatient Surgery
Evaluation of Child Adolescent Transition Day Program
Proactively Responding to Organizational Staffing Needs through Regular Workforce Planning Meetings
Eliminating Nursing Agency Usage as a Nursing Workforce Planning Strategy at Humber River Health
Reducing X-ray Repeat / Reject Rates Using the GE X-ray Quality Application
2022 IHI Posters
Accelerated Critical Care Certificate Program
Preparing New Graduate Nurses through an Accelerated Critical Care Certificate Program (ACCCP)
Operationalizing a Nursing Student-Led Accreditation Audit Program
Implementing a Pharmacy-led Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) and Nursing Collaborative Model
Combine Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) with Documentation Optimization (DocOpt) to Improve Processes
Supporting Documentation using Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Post-Fall Clinical Panel
Enhancing an Electronic Status Board to Support Nurses in Providing Safe and Quality Patient Care
Re-Energizing Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Champions Using a BPSO Workshop
The Clinician Screening Interview (CSI) Tool: Evaluating Clinician Experience Engaging With Patients
Improve Discharge Planning: Redesigning Bullet Rounds and Implementing a Patient Manager Software
Implementing Standards-Based Documentation to Optimize Electronic Nursing Documentation
Move to Improve – Increasing Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients at Humber River Health (HRH)
Digitizing Processes – Transitioning the Safety Huddle Template from Paper to Electronic
Building Ethics Capacity at Humber River Health (HRH)
Reducing Nursing Vacancies at Humber River Health through the use of the Student Model
Reimagining Induction of Labour Booking Process through Standardization
Upskilling Urinary Catheterization Nursing Skills to Reduce Urethral Catheter Injury (UCI)
Intrapleural Thrombolytics for the Treatment of Pleural Infection Patients at Humber River Health
Utilizing Meditech Group Notes for Electronic Documentation of Diabetes Education Classes
Opioid Stewardship: Improving and Monitoring Opioid Usage Following Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Promoting Patient-Centred Care by Acknowledging and Responding to Patient and Family Concerns
Post Discharge Call Centre to Conduct Patient Experience Survey and Improve Response Rates
Engaging Corporate Patient Family Advisory Council (CPFAC) Members to Promote Patient-Centred Care
Transitioning Acute Care to Community Care by Implementing a Virtual-Based Postpartum Support Group
Optimizing Management of Hip Fractures in Humber River Health’s (HRH) Emergency Department (ED)
Development and Results of a Patient Satisfaction Tool for the Reactivation Care Centres
Meditech Messaging/Task Functionality to Improve Interdisciplinary Communication and Reporting
Developing a Required Organizational Practice (ROP) Audit Program at Humber River Health (HRH)
Using a Stakeholder Mapping Activity to Increase Engagement with the Interprofessional Team
Implementing a Stepped Care Model (SCM) to Match Patients to Outpatient Mental Health Services
A Multimodal Approach to Improve the Management of Stroke Patients
Electronic Tools to Facilitate Transfer of Accountability (TOA) at Humber River Health (HRH)
Operationalizing a 3rd Year Nursing Student-Run COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Campaign
Implementing a Virtual Orientation Process to Increase Nursing Student Placement Opportunities
Implementation of a Multi-Year Strategic Nursing Workforce Planning at Humber River Health (HRH)
Providing Continuity of Care for University Students with Mental Health Concerns