Longwoods Radio
Listen here and you'll get life-tested insights and practical strategies from some of the most accomplished thought leaders, healthcare leaders and industry experts. Stay current with best practices, innovative management ideas and lessons learned covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to health services delivery. Podcasts broadcast healthcare case studies; interviews with policy makers, thought provoking columns and shorts.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2009
Human Factors in Action: Getting "Pumped" at a Nursing Usability Laboratory
We describe our experience with a Nursing Usability Laboratory, where human factors design principles were applied to common nursing procedures. This paper will be of interest to any hospital seeking…
00:14:26 |
Tue 17 Jun 2008
Breakfast with the Chiefs: CIHI: What's New? What's Coming?
Graham Scott is Chair of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Glenda Yeates is President and Chief Executive Officer, CIHI.
00:57:05 |
Thu 22 May 2008
Engaging Front-Line Staff: How a Long-Term Care Home Is Using Evidence to Build a Quality Improvement Culture
St. Peter's Residence at Chedoke in Hamilton, Ontario, a 210-bed long-term care facility, is building the capacity of front-line employees to become engaged in quality improvement. With training and …
00:04:45 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Turning the Tide on Chronic Disease: How a Province Is Using Evidence to Build Quality Improvement Capacity
Saskatchewan's Chronic Disease Management Collaborative is a quality improvement model that brings together healthcare providers to learn about, test and share experiences with improvement ideas in d…
00:06:20 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Repatriation of Patients - A Process to Ensure a Safe Patient Transfer
To ensure the safe care of patients repatriated to HDGH, we have implemented a process that identifies patient needs prior to their repatriation. The process provides us with critical information reg…
00:14:40 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Articles dealing with Women's Health in Developing Countries
Titles include The Obstetric Pathology of Poverty: Maternal Mortality in Kep Province, Cambodia; Maternal Chronic Ill Health Negatively Affects Child Survival in a Poor Rural Population of Pakistan; …
00:04:14 |
Fri 16 May 2008
A Community-Researcher Alliance to Improve Chronic Wound Care
A partnership between health services researchers from Queen's University and the University of Ottawa, a community nursing agency and a home care authority in Ottawa led to major improvements in the…
00:10:38 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Bringing Research Results to the Bedside
It is included on Longwoods' Radio with their kind permission. EXTRA stands for Executive Training for Research Application, a program to promote the movement of research findings directly into the m…
00:13:06 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Successfully Challenging Traditional Working Practices Within Orthopaedics
Building on its vision to be a leader in health innovation, Trillium Health Centre has undertaken a unique approach towards creating a supportive infrastructure to promote a culture of continuous qua…
00:12:28 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Development of a Regional Clinical Pathway for Total Hip Replacement in a Rural Health Network
The Grey Bruce Health Network began developing regional clinical pathways in 2002 (Meleskie and Wilson 2003). The Total Hip Replacement (THR) pathway was one of the first developed. A three-stage pat…
00:13:54 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Case Study: Leading Change across Two Sites: Introduction of a New Documentation System
This case study illustrates how strong nursing leadership, in conjunction with a transformational change approach, led to the successful implementation of a new documentation system at two hospitals …
00:15:46 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Manage Patient Information More Effectively
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) allows physicians to manage information more effectively, reducing stress and increasing value to patients.Hear first-hand a Canadian doctor's experience with EMR, an…
00:11:21 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Implementing a Good Catch Program in an Integrated Health System
In 2004, the Canadian Adverse Events Study (Baker et al. 2004) determined the incidence rate of adverse events (AE) in Canada to be 7.5%. This translates to approximately 185,000 for the almost 2.5 m…
00:11:09 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Toronto Hospital Reduces Sharps Injuries by 80%, Eliminates Blood Collection Injuries
A Case Study: Toronto East General Hospital Pioneers Healthcare Worker Safety
00:08:03 |
Fri 16 May 2008
The Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research: Knowledge Translation with Indigenous Communities
Knowledge translation at the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research emerged through several population health research initiatives conducted in partnership with Canadian Indigen…
00:11:06 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Knowledge Translation to Advance the Nurse Practitioner Role in British Columbia
This project brought together a team of researchers and decision-makers to conduct policy-relevant research to support the introduction of advanced nursing practice roles in British Columbia. The res…
00:11:15 |
Fri 16 May 2008
From World War to Class War: The Rebound of the Rich
Incomes in Canada, as in many other countries, are becoming increasingly unequal. The resources and political influence of the super-rich underlie the growing prominence of the "elite" agenda: lower …
00:20:14 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Collaborative Partnerships: Managing Increased Healthcare Demand without Increasing Overall System Capacity
Collaborative partnerships can help improve integration and quality in local healthcare systems. We describe an innovative approach that was implemented following the formation of a tri-provider part…
00:18:44 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Maximizing Efficiency in Cataract Surgery: A Model Program
Cataract removal is an increasingly common surgical procedure. Today in Canada, however, the waiting time for this procedure may be unacceptably long for many patients.
00:18:25 |
Fri 16 May 2008
Linking Health Services at the Community Level
This study describes a series of interventions linking hospitals, medical staff physicians, long-term care providers and mental health services in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York. The obj…
00:16:36 |
Fri 16 May 2008
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