CHSI awards 26 fellowships to health managers.

Ottawa -- Canadian Health Services Information awarded 26 fellowships to enable health system managers across Canada the skills to make better use of research in their day-to-day work, as a way to increase evidence-based decision-making in the health system. The awards are as follows:

Carolyn Baker, Vice-President, Clinical Programs, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto for the Impact of the Development and Implementation of a Formal, Evidence Based Program to Support Priority Setting and Resource Allocation on Selected Patient Care and Health Care System Outcomes in an Urban Community Teaching Hospital;

Sam Campbell, Director of Continuous Quality Improvement, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax to Investigate and Correct Obstacles to the Transition of Patients from the Care of Caregivers in the Community to those in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Institutions;

Irma Clapperton, Medecin specialiste en sante communautaire, Direction de sante publique, Agence to develop a Systematized and Structured Process for Implementing Regional and Local Public Health Plans, Integrated into the CSSS Clinical Project to Ensure the Exercise of Population-Based Responsibility and Improvement of the Health and Well-Being of the Population in the Montreal Area;

Helen Clark, Chief Allied Officer, HSC and Regional Director, Respiratory Therapy, Patient Transport/EMS Liaison, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and HSC for The Use of Clinical Evidence, Research and Best Practice to Support the Role of Allied Health Professionals in Improving Consistency in Practice, Contributing to Improvements in Length of Stay, and Enhancing Continuity of Care for Patients, Clients and Residents;

Wendy Fucile, Vice-President, Clinical Programs and Chief Nursing Officer, Peterborough Regional Health Centre for A Critical Examination of the Cost/Benefit of Clinical Nurse Educators in a Community Hospital Setting;

Lucie Grenier, Directrice, Departement des soins infirmiers, CHA Hotel-Dieu de Levis for Development of Professional Nursing Practice in a Context of Implementation of Integrated Services Networks, Expanded Fields of Nursing Practice in a University Hospital with a Regional Role;

Owen Heisle, Medical Director, Department of Medical Affairs, Red Deer Regional Hospital, David Thompson Health Region for Implementation of a Region-Wide Breast Cancer Access Program;

Kateri Leclair, Directrice, Direction des technologies de readaptation, Institut de readaptation de Montreal--Quebec for Creation of a Rehabilitation Technology Assessment Unir to Assist Managers at the Institut de Readaptation de Montreal in Making Informed Technology Purchasing or Awarding Decisions.

Noella Leydon, Director, Department of Food & Nutrition Service, Saskatoon Health Region for Malnutrition in Continuity of Care: No One's Problem and Everyone's Problem--An Integrated Systematic Approach to Improving Nutritional Outcomes, and Therefore the Quality of Life for Residents of Special Care Homes in the Saskatchewan Health Region;

Karen MacRury-Sweet, Director, Heart Health and Emergency, Department of Acute Care, Capital District Health Authority, Halifax for Developing a Predictive Model to Improve Patient Flow in a Tertiary Care Setting, with a Focus on Predicting and Responding to Variability in Volumes in the Emergency Department;

Benoit Marchessault, Directeur general, Centre de sante et de services sociaux de Sorel-Tracy, Quebec for [Implementation of an Integrated Services Network: Use of Evidence to Determine the Provision of Services, Primarily for Clients with Chronic Diseases;

Kevin Mercer, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Department of Administration, Community Care Access Centre of Waterloo Region for Advancing Health System Integration Through the Amalgamation of Community Care Access Centres in Ontario;

Christine Penney, Director, Health Services, Performance Management and Improvement Division, British Columbia Ministry of Health Services for Towards Integrated Service Delivery Across Community and Primary Care;

Jacques Ricard, Directeur general adjoint et directeur, Departement des affaires medicales, Centre de sante et des services sociaux Haut-Richelieu-Rouville, Quebec for Research on the Concerns of Employees and Physicians at the Haut-Richelieu-Rouville Healthcare and Social Services Centre as Part of Creation of the Local Service Network;

Susan Richardson, Vice-President, Patient Services & Allied Health, Department of Administration, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa for Quality Outcomes: Implementing & Sustaining Evidence-Based Safety Practices;

Lise Roy, Vice presidente et PDG Adjointe, Departement de planification et evaluation, Regie regionale de la sante 4, Moncton for Organizational Management and Culture Centred on Quality and Safety;

John Ruetz, Vice-President, Long Term Care & Home Services and Administrator, St. Peter's Residence at Chedoke, St. Peter's Health System, Hamilton for Enabling Frontline Participation to Create a Quality Improvement Culture;

Angele Saint-Jacques, Directrice, Direction des soins infirmiers et des services d'hebergement, CHU Sainte-Justine, Quebec for Strategic Reorganization of Work in Care Units in a Mother-Child Hospital: Impact on Nursing Care Assessed Through Outcomes Indicators;

Jocelyne Sauve, Directrice, Direction de sante publique, Agence de developpement de reseaux locaux de services de sante et de services sociaux de la Monteregie, Quebec for Identification and Implementation of Strategies Designed to Develop the Skills Required by Local Leaders for Carrying Out Local Public Health Plans;

Andrea Seymour, Vice President Health Information and cm, River Valley Health, Fredricton, for Changing the Culture: Engaging Employees Through Recognition and Reward;

Carl Taillon, Directeur, Direction des services professionnels, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Quebec/Hopital Saint-Francois d'Assise, Quebec for Implementation of a Management Program for Professional Practice Leading to Introduction of a Plan of Practice Based on New Management Paradigms;

Gaetan Tardif, Vice-President & Physician in Chief, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute for Development of a Quality of Patient Care and Patient Safety Framework in a Rehabilitation Hospital;

Annemarie Taylor, Director, Department of Quality, Safety & Risk Management, Children's & Women's Health Centre of B.C., Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver for Implementation of a Province-Wide Electronic Safety Reporting System to Help Create a Culture of Safety;

Dylan Taylor, Site Medical Director, University of Alberta Hospital/Stollery Children's Hospital, Capital Health Edmonton for Integration of Evidence-Based Best Practice in Ambulatory Care Into the Operations of Large, Tertiary-Level Academic Hospital Within a Large Health Region;

Bonnie Urquhart, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Department of Finance, Northern Health Authority Prince Rupert for Clinical Information System--A Tool for Organizational Change Management;

Debra Vanance, Community Arca Director, River East & Transcona, Department of Community Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority & Manitoba Family Services and Housing, Winnipeg for Primary Care Reform--A Systems Approach.

The advisory council, for these awards was chaired by the former Quebec minister of health and social services Dr. Jean Rochon. Two of the awards for nurse leaders were funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Nursing Secretariat, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF); the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE); the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the Canadian Medical Association (CMA); and, a consortium of Quebec partners represented by the Agence d'evaluation des technologies et des modes d'intervention en sante (AETMIS).