Reports and Student Reports (Canadian Patient Safety Institute)

2013-01-01

Doran, Diane M., Blais, Régis, Harrison, Margaret B, Hirdes, John P., Baker, G. Ross, Lang, Ariella, MacDonald, Marilyn, Dill, Donna, Donaldson, Susan, Droppo, Lisa, Easty, Anthony Charles, Gruneir, Andrea, Heckman, George A., Lacroix, Hélène, Mansell, Lynne, Mitchell, Lori, Morrissey, Terry, O'Beirne, Maeve, Sears, Nancy A., Stevenson, R. Lynn, Storch, Janet L., White, Nancy

Home care (HC) is an integral component of the ongoing restructuring of healthcare in Canada. Its continuing growth as a care option is accompanied by an increasing awareness of unique issues related to client safety in the HC context. The occurrence of an adverse event (AE) is a safety issue...

2014-01-01

Accreditation Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian Patient Safety Institute

​​​Falls among seniors (individuals 65 years and older) have become a significant health concern in Canada. Falls are experienced by more than one third of seniors and can have a devastating physical and psychological impact resulting in disability, chronic pain, loss of independence, reduced...

2016-01-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

CPSI is pleased to present a comprehensive new report on the integration and impact of the Safety Competencies Framework (SCF) originally launched in 2008 in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The framework has been one of the most downloaded documents on...

2006-01-01

Lang, Ariella, Edwards, Nancy, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Capital Health Edmonton Area, VON Canada

​​​In 2006, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) collaborated with the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Canada and Capital Health Edmonton to prepare a background paper examining patient safety issues for Canadian home care clients. This paper, prepared by Dr. Ariella Lang and Dr. Nancy...

2016-04-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Medical Protective Association, Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada

More than one million surgical procedures were performed annually in Canada between 2004 and 2013. The Canadian healthcare system strives to provide safe care, but patient safety incidents still occur, with over half attributed to surgical care. Safe surgical care requires that physicians and...

2016-02-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Surgical site infection is the most common healthcare associated infection among surgical patients, with 77 per cent of patient deaths reported to be related to infection. In February 2016, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) along with our partners Alberta Health Services-Surgery...

2017-08-01

RiskAnalytica

In keeping with RiskAnalytica’s guidelines for funded research, the design and method of research, as well as the content of this study, were determined solely by RiskAnalytica. The interpretation and reporting of the results of the mathematical modelling contained within this report do not...