Open Competition Abstracts

This year, we called for posters that speak to:

A quality improvement project that demonstrates results and/or lessons learned
Research focused on patient safety and related outcomes

The Abstract Review Committee reviewed all submitted abstracts. We’re pleased to present 65 posters in our exhibit hall that focus on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods data, and include preliminary or final results.

Poster Number	Title of Abstract	Author(s)	Organization(s)
1	Views of Children, Parents and Health Care Providers on Pediatric Disclosure of Medical Errors	Donna Koller, Sherry Espin	Ryerson University
2	Automating Falls Prevention – How Leveraging Big Data Created a Culture of Collaborative Action Planning in Seniors Housing	Kashtin Fitzsimons	Amica Mature Lifestyles – Queen’s University
3	Improving Access to Service for Case Management	Chris Babcock	CMHA Middlesex
4	Quality Improvement in Inpatient Blood Glucose Management: Pilot of an Insulin Stewardship Program	Lucy Chen, Stephanie Lubchansky, Henry Halapy, Brigida Bruno, Catherine Yu	St. Michael’s Hospital
5	Implementation of a Practice Bundle to Reduce Catheter-Associate Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)	William Mundle, Crystal Li	Mount Sinai Hospital
6	Evaluating the Benefit of a Pediatric Patient Intake Form for a Consulting Pediatrics Clinic	Ilan A. Fellus, Radha Jetty	University of Toronto
7	Impact of Medicine Program Assessment Bays on Clinical Indicators and Patient Outcomes	Kyle DeMars, Dylan Russelo, Rigya Arya, Alexa Garant, Eric Jeong, Chris Lach, Nathan Tam, Aaron Truesdell, Dayna Eagan, Karen McCullough, Linda Morrow, Andrew Petrakos	Windsor Regional Hospital and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
8	Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative	Virginia Brown, Roya Shaji, Jenova Reginold-Constantine	North York General Hospital
9	Scaling & Sustaining A Primary Care Quality Improvement Initiative	Lynn Toon, Arvelle Balon-Lyon, Eileen Patterson, Mark Watt, Bonnie Lakusta	Alberta Medical Association – Toward Optimized Practice
10	Optimizing the Medication Administration Process – A Pilot Project	Marie Claude Poirier, Vickie Lacroix	Hôpital Montfort
11	Toolkit on Patient and Public Engagement in Choosing Wisely International Campaigns	Anna Kurdina, Karen Born, Wendy Levinson, Amy Ma, Todd Sikirski	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
12	The Path of Least Resistance: How Computerized Provider Order Entry Can Lead to (and Reduce) Wasteful Practices	Joseph Choi, Cori Rebecca Atlin	Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
13	Reducing Waste: A Guidelines-Based Approach to Reducing Inappropriate Vitamin D and TSH Testing in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting	E. Ali Bateman, Alan Gob, Ian Chin-Yee, Heather M. Mackenzie	Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
14	Impact of Auditing and Teaching Routine Environmental Cleaning of the Operating Room (OR) to Housekeeping and OR Staff	Philippe Fournier, Josée Shymanski, Marcelle B. Thibeault, Martin Carrière, Mychèle Sabourin	Hôpital Montfort
15	Reducing Harm from Opioids in an Academic Family Health Team: A Multipronged Team-Based Approach	Margarita Lam Antoniades, Jonathan Hunchuck, Samantha Davie, Kari Fulton, Brenda Chang, Emma Jeavons, Rajesh Ghirdari, Andrew Boozary, Mary Gaudet, Anne Mullen Grey, Victoria Pho, Sam Merrifield, Tiana Tilli, Tara Kiran	St. Michael’s Hospital
16	Time for the Talk: Optimizing Hepatitis C Treatment Discussion Rates in HIV-Hepatitis C Co-Infected Patients	Genevieve Rochon-Terry, MaryBeth DeRocher, Ann Stewart, Daniel Bois, Tony Antoniou	Health Centre at 410 Sherbourne, St. Michael’s Hospital
17	Improving Patient Communication in an Emergency Department’s Rapid Assessment Zone	Ahmed Taher, Federico Webster Magcalas, Victoria Woolner, Stephen Casey, Deborah Davies, Lucas Chartier	Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto
18	Team Dynamics within Quality Improvement Teams: A Scoping Review	Paula Rowland, Dean Lising, Lynne Sinclair, G. Ross Baker	University Health Network
19	Communicating Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Quality Improvement Project	Stephanie Gottheil, Chandra Farrer, Natasha Gakhal, Dana Jerome	University of Toronto
20	Safe Reduction of Abdominal/Pelvic CT Imaging in Children at Very Low Risk for Intraabdominal Injury: A Quality Improvement Initiative	Suzanne Beno, Dorothy McDowall, Daniel Rosenfield, Michael Aquino, Paul Wales, Tania Principi	The Hospital for Sick Children
21	Pilot Asthma Pharmacist Consultation Service: Perspectives of Patients and Pharmacists	Zahava Rosenberg-Yunger, Pria Nippak, Nida Khalid	Ryerson University & Ontario Pharmacists Association
22	Dissemination of Quality Improvement Knowledge and Projects via a City-Wide Emergency Medicine Quality Improvement Digest	Jesse McLaren, Lucas Chartier, Joseph Choi	University Health Network
23	Inpatient Deprescribing: A Pilot Project Performed at Winchester District Memorial Hospital	Mohamed Gazarin, Brian Devin, Ali Elbeddini, Sean Burnet, Simon Duncan, Lynn Hall	Winchester District Memorial Hospital
24	Checking in Daily for Safety	Ian Fraser, Carolelina San Jose, Mari Iromoto, Janice Ward	Michael Garron Hospital
25	Teamwork, Communication, and Role Unfamiliarity in the Operating Room	Joseph Spohn, Devin Stirling, Hanny Chen, Samantha Walsh, Jamie Riggs, Catalina Casas	Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
26	Improving Prosthetic Care for Patients with Lower Limb Amputation	Amanda Mayo, Matt Ratto, Sander L. Hitzig, Stephanie Cimino, Danielle Ribeiro, Evan Harvey, Daniel Maassen, Shane Glasford, Florian Sperber, Howie Safeer Khwaar, Kaveh Ashourinia, Jerry Evans	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
27	Reducing Time to Analgesia for Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Emergency Department	Victoria Woolner, Reena Alhuwalia, Hilary Lum, Kevin Beane, Jackie De Leon, Lucas Chartier	University Health Network
28	Improving the Condom Ordering Process in the Condom Distribution Program at Toronto Public Health	Melissa Kim, Barbara Macpherson, Lesley Belows, Glory Chowtie	Toronto Public Health
29	Reducing Medication Incidents: Quality Improvement Provides the Tools, Staff Provide the Expertise	Leah Welsh, Karen Beckermann	Toronto Public Health
30	A Quality Improvement and Human Factors Assessment of the Use, Cleaning, Transfer, and Storage of Patient Commodes in An Acute Medicine Ward	Logan A.J. Seymour, Chris Scott, Erica Battram, Carol Mann, Nathalie Bruce, Kathryn Suh, Jennifer Medves	The Ottawa Hospital and Queen's University
31	Implementing the New Health Quality Ontario Hip Fracture Quality Standard: A Baseline Audit of Current Performance and Proposed Quality Improvement Plan at St. Michael’s Hospital	Prabjit Ajrawat, Joyce Fu, Ashana Manoharan, Sarah Ward	University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital
32	Balancing Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Implementation and Spread of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for a UHN-wide Safety Transformation	Wing-Si Luk, Emily Musing	University Health Network
33	Patient Engagement in the Development of Best Practice Recommendations for Transitions in Care from Hospital to Home: A Scoping Review	Grace Zhao, Tara Kiran, Carol Kennedy, Gracia Mabaya, Karen Okrainec	St. Michael’s Hospital & University of Toronto
34	Opioid Stewardship: Implementing Pharmacist Led Assessments for Patients Co-Prescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepines at an Academic Family Health Team	Tiana Tilli, Tara Kiran, Norman Dewhurst, Jonathan Hunchuck	St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto
35	Optimizing Warfarin Anticoagulation in Hemodialysis Patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	Varun Dev	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
36	Time to Huddle – Determining the Feasibility to Support Interprofessional Collaboration in an Ambulatory Setting	Jennifer Price, Mary Burello, Debbie Childerhose, Faith Delos-Reyes, Chandra Farrar, Mireille Landry	Women’s College Hospital/University of Toronto
37	Ensuring a Seamless Transition to Higher Education in Young Adults with Hemoglobinopathies	Rosemary Leone, Brooke Allemang, Megan Henze	The Hospital for Sick Children
38	Understanding Equity in Primary Care Patient Experience	Adrina Zhong, Tara Kiran, Sam Davie	St. Michael’s Hospital and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
39	First Year Analysis of the Operating Room Black Box Study	James J. Jung, Peter Jüni, Gerald Lebovic, Teodor Grantcharov	St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto
40	What We Learned About Patient Safety in Primary Care from Significant Event Analysis	John M Maxted	University of Toronto and Markham Stouffville Hospital
41	Identifying, Treating and Follow-up for Children with UTI in the Paediatric Emergency Department	Valene Singh, Laura Morrissey, Michelle Science, Olivia Ostrow	The Hospital for Sick Children
42	Double Edged Sword: Root Cause Analysis Reveals Computerized Provider Order Entry as the Culprit Behind Two Unit Red Cell Transfusions on the Oncology Ward	Alan Gob, Anurag Bhalla, Ian Chin-Yee	University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre
43	Improving the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Process: A Qualitative Study of Family Caregiver Perspectives	Brigette Hales, Sally Bean, Debbie Selby, Bill Ford, Elie Isenberg-Grzeda	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
44	Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening at a Tertiary Care Ambulatory Centre: A Quality Improvement Study	Sahil Koppikar, Natasha Gakhal	Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto
45	SIGNS4Kids: A paediatric Clinical Deterioration Safety Initiative	Christopher Parshuram, Carla Williams, Joanna Noble, Kristen Middaugh, SIGNS 4 Kids (pan-Canadian expert group)	The Hospital for Sick Children
46	Increasing Recovery Room Utilization through a Merger of Ambulatory Surgery Units at Michael Garron Hospital	Melaine Wistuba, Marie Fulcher, Christine Saby, Kathleen Kennedy, Jane Harwood	Michael Garron Hospital / Toronto East Health Network
47	Improving Socio Demographic Information for Effective Care Delivery in Primary Care Setting	Abel Gebreyesus, Liben Gebremikael	TAIBU Community Health Center
48	Screening While You Wait: A Technology-based Pilot Step Wedge Trial to Facilitate Actionable Exercise Prescriptions in Primary Care	Payal Agarwal, Zachary Bouck, Natasha Kithulegoda, Beth Bosiak, Lindsay Reddeman, Jane Thornton, Roni Propp, Ilana Birnbaum, Liora Altman, Noah Ivers	Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care
49	Clozapine Bloodwork Adherence: A Matter of Safety	Patricia Melville, Danielle Maillet, Ilse Jean	University Health Network
50	Measuring Quality of Care During Active Surveillance in Low-risk Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-based Approach	Narhari Timilshina, A Finelli, S Beate, G Tomlinson, SMH Alibhai	IHPME, University of Toronto and University Health Network
51	Clinical Incidents and Near Miss Events Related to the Clinical Practice of Nursing Students	Sherry Espin, Alyssa Indar, Binita Thapa, Dana Edge, Nancy Sears	Ryerson University
52	Understanding the Patient Experience and Challenges to Osteoporosis Care Delivered Virtually by Telemedicine	Sandra Kim, Patricia Palcu, Sarah Munce, Susan Jaglal, Sonya Allin, Jawad Chishtie, Arlene Silverstein	Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto
53	Reducing Mental Health Readmission Rate by Improving Discharge Processes	Rita Desai, Jaime Boccongelle	Center for Addiction and Mental Health
54	An Ounce of Prevention: A Quality Improvement Study of Strategic Pneumococcal Vaccination for Older Adults on a Geriatric Inpatient Unit	Katrina Piggott, Eric KC Wong, Mary-Anne Lee, Jawid Darvesh, Amneet Thiara, Youmna Ahmed, Melody Hung, Maria Zorzitto, Mireille Norris, Barbara Liu, Dov Gandell	IHPME, University of Toronto
55	Improving Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Management at a Tertiary Care Hospital	Neha Puri, Angela Assal, Geetha Mukerji	Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
56	Understanding What Drives Patients with Cancer to Visit the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Clinicians	Avery Longmore, Nicole Veloce, Marck Mercado, Katie Dainty, Lisa Hicks	University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital
57	Translation into Practice: Introducing Dextrose 40% Oral Gel Treatment for Hypoglycemia in Infants	Jo Watson, Marion DeLand, Wendy Moulsdale, Julie Choudry, Sue Hermann	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
58	Reducing the Time to Lung Cancer Diagnosis in a Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program	Christine McDonald, Zameera Syed, Reena Morar, Harvey Wong, Anu Tandon	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto
59	An Interprofessional Pathway for Patients Initiating Treatment with Palbociclib: Optimization of Toxicity Monitoring	Alia Thawer, Susan Singh, Jordan Stinson, Lori Mackinnon, Lisa Ng, Shikha Lawrence, Angela Boudreau, Maureen Trudeau, Sonal Gandhi	Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
60	Electronic Physician Ordering Tool Increased CT-Angiogram Use in High-Risk TIA and Minor Stroke Patients	Amy Y. X. Yu, Arunima Kapoor, Juhyun Kim, Nastasia Kujbid, Kevin Si, Aikta Verma, Richard H. Swartz, Ed Etchells, Sean Symons	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
61	Hospital Readmission Following Prostatectomy: Reasons and Successful Interventions	Alexandra Boasie, Michelle Lee, Jasmine Song, Avinash Mukkala, Alice Wei	Cancer Care Ontario
62	Transitioning Care with r-TIPS, A Radiation Treatment Information Patient Summary	Ruby Bola, Lori Holden, Laura D’Alimonte, Mikki Campbell	Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
63	Applying Human Factors Design Principles to the Use of Additional Precautions to Improve Healthcare worker Adherence: A Prospective Multicenter Before-after Study	Tanya Agnihotri, Victoria Williams, Jerome Leis, Patricia Trbovich, Wayne Lee, Joseph Benson, Lachlan Glen, Melisa Avaness, Fatema Jinnah, Natasha Salt, Jeff Powis	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
64	Multicenter Improvement Study Using Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections	Tanya Agnihotri, Jerome Leis, Jeff Powis, Allison McGeer, Daniel Ricciuto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre IPAC Team, Michael Garron Hospital IPAC Team, Mount Sinai Hospital IPAC Team, Lakeridge Health IPAC Team, St. Michael’s Hospital IPAC Team, Matthew Muller	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
65	Identifying the Causes for Inappropriate Urine Cultures in a Canadian Urban Academic Emergency Department	Adrian Wu, Larissa Matukas, Lisa Hicks, Patrick O’Brien, Melissa McGowan, Amy Cheng	University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital