Share Scale Repeat

A trauma-informed approach in healthcare enhances patient outcomes, improves overall staff satisfaction, and promotes safety and dignity.   With this research-backed approach top of mind, Erin Kennedy wanted to make a difference at North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC).   Erin's project adds a trauma-informed care concept to crisis intervention training – giving staff more tools for de-escalati...

An N95 Quantitative Fit Testing Machine is essential in supporting staff to avoid exposure to preventable diseases such as Tuberculosis – a prominent condition that Yukon Hospitals sees daily.   It was time for change at Yukon Hospitals as they had only one fit testing machine to provide mask fittings across three different hospitals. This gap meant staff were at times unable to work in high-risk...

Alberta Health Services' Diana Choma, Clinical Safety Leader and Kelly Chrunik, Clinical Informatics Lead, Child Health, wanted to ensure patients were getting the right care, at the right time, in the right place. They took a deep dive into why they were seeing a delayed reaction in patient deterioration events as a trend provincially.   This deep dive led to the inception of their project, which...

On our second episode of Share Scale Repeat, we're taking a closer look at the impact of the HIROC Safety Grants Program, and the dedication of our Subscribers who transform their grants into action. Covenant Health's Mike Hoffman, Fire Safety Consultant, and Tiffany Pybus, Corporate Service Manager, Integrated Services, tell us about their wildland fire suppression system at the Banff Mineral Spr...

HIROC's inaugural episode of Share Scale Repeat kicks off by spotlighting a topic all healthcare organizations have a keen eye on - how to action safety. Our guest Dr. Lucas Chartier from the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto taps into his physician and quality & safety expert lens to offer his perspective. We talk about learning from harm, creating purposeful safety projects, and the imp...

Even the smallest idea can spark big change. On Share Scale Repeat we talk through some tough topics in healthcare, interviewing the brains behind the projects that are keeping Canadians safe.