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Advanced Practice Radiation Therapist
In 2004, Cancer Care Ontario, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, began developing an Advanced Practice role for Radiation Therapists known as Clinical Specialist Radiation Therapist (CSRT). The stated goals of the project were: a)...
Read MoreThe Virtual Neurocritical Care Unit
At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, patients with neurocritical illness were historically admitted to a mixed level III intensive care unit (ICU). However research indicates that this patient population benefits from care in a dedicated neurocritical care (NCC)...
Read MoreABLE Care Plan Approach
The Achieving Best Life Experience (ABLE) Care Planning Guides assist our interprofessional staff, our Veteran residents and their families in working together for the best possible quality of life for our residents. Our ABLE philosophy focuses on planning care with...
Read MoreInventing the Future of Healthcare with SunnyCare
This practice was recognized as a LEADing Practice by Canada Health Infoway as part of the “Knowing is Better” education campaign, in partnership with Accreditation Canada Advancing Professional Practice SunnyCare is Sunnybrook’s user-centered integrated clinical...
Read MoreLeadership in Critical Care Obstetrics Education
We recognized there was a gap in our traditional obstetrical care regarding pregnant women entering our program with complex medical needs. In the interest of maintaining continuity of care we envisioned a model of care that provided our expert obstetrical nurses with...
Read MoreTeam Approach to Managing Chronic Pain, Veterans Centre
The Veterans Centre of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has developed an interprofessional pain management program titled “Team Approach to Managing Chronic Pain” to optimize the management of chronic pain in their elderly population. This program is creative in that...
Read MoreThe Group Experience: Remodelling Outpatient Rehabilitation after Joint Replacement Surgery
The Holland Centre has created an innovative, evidence-based, patient-centred model of care that is class-based and time-limited. Nationally, rehabilitation practices vary widely, and in Ontario, limited availability to community funded outpatient services as well as...
Read MoreSenior Friendly Hospital: Standard of Care for mobility
A considerable proportion of older adults experience functional decline during a hospitalization. One third of older persons admitted are discharged at a reduced level of function and half will never recover to their previous level of independence. Early mobilization...
Read MoreEnhancing Musculoskeletal Patient Care Delivery using Advanced Practice Physiotherapists
A new role for Advanced Practice Physiotherapists (APPs) in caring for patients with hip and knee arthritis has now been expanded to patients with shoulder and spine conditions. In response to the Ontario Wait Time Strategy, the Holland Centre pioneered a team-based...
Read MoreThe Group Experience: Remodelling Outpatient Rehabilitation after Joint Replacement Surgery
The Holland Centre has created an innovative, evidence-based, patient-centred model of care that is class-based and time-limited. Nationally, rehabilitation practices vary widely, and in Ontario, limited availability to community funded outpatient services as well as...
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