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2020-05-15

Goldman, Joanne, Rotteau, Leahora

The Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework consists of five dimensions, and a series of prompting key questions, that guide users to comprehensively and conceptually view safety. These five dimensions and related questions address: past harm, reliability, sensitivity to operations,...

2018-03-27

Gross, Marketa, Labricciosa, Antoinette, Espin, Sherry

In the Canadian context, CPSI has undertaken the goal of accelerating the pace and dissemination of patient safety improvements by developing a national strategy on patient safety. The purpose of this report was to provide a review of findings from the literature regarding tools and resources...

2017-01-01

Wiley, Katelyn, Davies, Jan M

n healthcare, when patients are harmed or nearly harmed, reactive investigations are conducted. While these are important, they usually focus only on one patient, although occasionally the care of a group of patients may be reviewed. In a way, these investigations are too late- some patients...

2010-01-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, 3M, University Health Network

Human Factors is the study of how humans interact with the world around them. Studying how people interact with equipment and materials allows us to change the environment in which we work to make the interaction more useful or helpful. A user-friendly hand hygiene environment is one where staff,...

2009-01-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, World Health Organization, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This comprehensive Hand Hygiene Toolkit allows you to start improving hand hygiene in your organization. | ​​​​​​Cette trousse d'outils exhaustive vous facilitera la mise en œuvre de stratégies d'amélioration des pratiques d'hygiène des mains dans votre...

2016-01-01

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Every year, since its debut, the Hands in Healthcare magazine has been recognized and awarded by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) as the best in the industry, showcasing top talented healthcare providers and leaders...

2012-01-01

Trew, M, Nettleton, S, Flemons, W

​​Keeping patients safe is a topic that is starting to become widely discussed; however, there are still a substantial number of patients who continue to be harmed while receiving care. Several health organizations that have become leaders in patient safety found that by partnering with patients...

2018-07-01

Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Patients expect hospital care to be safe and for most people it is. However, a small proportion of patients experience some type of unintended harm as a result of the care they receive. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) have...

2017-06-21

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Harrison, Abigail, Thorpe, Francine, Baker, G. Ross

Webinar on understanding how the Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework can form board understanding and help align strategic and operational approach to patient safety.

2017-02-23

Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Thomson, Jo, McGurk, Alison, MacRae, Morag, Kirk, Jonathan, Baker, G. Ross

Hear firsthand from Healthcare Improvement Scotland and one of their teams that participated in the U.K. Health Foundation collaborative about their experience in applying the Vincent Framework at the frontline. The related challenges and benefits and how it has impacted their work. "…if I apply...