SEHC staff are joined byHealth Minister George Smitherman at the Change Foundation Grants Dinner
2008 Conference:
Forging Ahead... Evidence to Innovation
March 6-7, 2008 Toronto, Ontario
As an evolving knowledge and care exchange company, Saint Elizabeth Health Care is pleased to be bringing people,
knowledge and technology together in order to build a collective wisdom from diverse perspectives.
The objective of this event is to celebrate our centennial year and to promote the use of research, evidence and
innovation at the individual, organizational and systems levels of health care.
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Joanna Briggs Evidence Translation Group
Saint Elizabeth Health Care has partnered with Queen’s Joanna Briggs Collaboration (QJBC) to establish the first Evidence Translation Group in North America as part of a prestigious international health research network. As an Evidence Translation Group, SEHC will conduct systematic reviews of nursing research from a community perspective in areas such as chronic disease management, palliative care, IV therapy and healthy work environments. With ongoing mentorship and support from QJBC, nurses will then synthesize their findings into a succinct statement that describes the current state of knowledge in a particular area of practice.
Membership to the Nursing Best Practice Research Unit
Saint Elizabeth Health Care has been accepted as an organizational member to the Nursing Best Practice Research Unit through the RNAO and the University of Ottawa. This partnership will engage our staff in evidence-based research, dissemination, knowledge exchange and transfer. This collaboration will also allow for the exchange of research on a national and international level, with a goal to provide a positive impact on health care providers, including positive outcomes for clients, our organization and the health system as a whole.
Community of Practice for Seniors with Responsive Behaviours
The Community of Practice for Seniors with Responsive Behaviours (SWRB) is funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care through the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network. A community of practice is essentially a place of learning and knowledge exchange and includes informal groupings of people who “care to know” by sharing their expertise and experiences in health care. Spearheaded by Saint Elizabeth Health Care, the public and private website for SWRB facilitates the sharing of knowledge through many mediums including a discussion forum and an “Ask the Expert” feature. For more information and to sign up for the private site, click here.
Research Conferences
Caring to know about providing quality care for our clients and the use of evidence, Saint Elizabeth Health Care has created this forum for discussion and information-sharing about home and community care issues. Particular focus is on knowledge creation, research projects, knowledge utilization in the form of Best Practice Guidelines and other evidentiary forms. Evidence is created, shared and used to provide client care or to develop programs that result in quality outcomes.
Community Nursing Workload Study
Saint Elizabeth Health Care has been awarded a research grant from The Change Foundation to undertake a groundbreaking study entitled, Measuring Community Nursing Workload: Responding with Innovation. The study will use palm-pilot software to collect data on factors influencing workload during community nursing visits. The findings will be used to design and integrate new ways of providing care to improve the practice environment.
The Web of Wisdom (WOW) Project
The goal of this research project was to test and evaluate the merging of three e-learning and e-care programs (@YourSide®, @YourSide Colleague® and @YourSide® Companion) to determine their collective value in urban, rural and remote settings. Six test sites across Canada participated in the study, including West Prince Regional Health Authority in Prince Edward Island, Anishinaabe Mino-Ayaawin (AMA) Health Authority in Manitoba, and two of Saint Elizabeth Health Care's services delivery centres in Ontario (London and North York). The implementation period was 20 weeks in duration and involved 25 nurses and more than 200 clients. The project evaluation was led by Dr. Wendy Young and provided information on client outcomes, health provider outcomes, return on investment and implementation success. The WOW Project received funding support from CANARIE and Saint Elizabeth Health Care.Read the press release: English / French
Read the article: Transforming Wound Care
View the presentation: Innovation in eHealth
View a news clip: WOW featured on The New PL
CHSRF/CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
Saint Elizabeth Health Care provided a work placement in 2002-2003 for health economist Dr. Wendy Young as part of a CHSRF/CIHR postdoctoral training program. The focus of Dr. Young's placement was to evaluate the impact of SEHC's e-health innovations in urban and rural areas. For more information, click here.
From Knowledge to Wisdom: A Living International Exchange on Home and Community Care
In April 2002, delegates from around the world gathered in Toronto to share their knowledge, best practices and future visions for home and community care. A website was used to create a dynamic exchange of ideas leading up to and following the conference, which was sponsored by Health Canada and hosted by Saint Elizabeth Health Care.