Project Lead: Dr. Alexandros Alexiadis The development and creation of Ambulatory Interdisciplinary Clinical Services that provide support to patients in a convenient and low barrier location is paramount to patient and clinician health and satisfaction. This project was aimed … Read More
Development of Medical Readiness Criteria for Discharging Patients
Project Lead: Dr. David Li “Thanks to the support from RHPS, I was able to turn an idea to improve patient care and flow into an actual Quality Improvement project. The work I did with the FE funding gave … Read More
Disaster Preparedness
Project Lead: Dr. Joseph Copeland As a large community hospital in an earthquake zone, next to an international airport and major roads, disaster preparedness is critically important for Richmond Hospital. The Richmond Emergency department and emergency physicians group (REPA) … Read More
ED Simulation Based Resuscitation Training
Project Lead: Dr. Katharine Hudson “Our ED Simulation-Based Resuscitation Training Project was developed in order to promote team-building, interdisciplinary and interdepartmental relationships, and to improve quality of care for critically ill patients at Richmond Hospital. To this end, we … Read More
ED Strategic Planning
Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin The ED Strategic Planning session, held in March 2018, was a success. Physicians, nurses, clerical staff, educators and managers attended the day-long session which was exceptionally facilitated by Clair Wing. A vision for the … Read More
ED Team Rounds (Journal club for physicians, nurses and educators)
Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin A very successful project, ED Team Rounds saw several journal clubs since its inception that involved physicians, RNs, educators and the ED manager. The rounds were built collaboratively with the nurses, using a case-based … Read More
ED Violence Prevention Working Group
Project Lead: Dr. Nancy Austin The working group meetings were very effective at bringing to the fore the ways in which staff can mitigate/respond to violence in the Emergency Department. A number of quality improvements came out of this … Read More
Elective C-Section Service Model – A Business Case
Project Lead: Drs. Jill Kowalczyk and Cornel Van West “Dr. Jill Kowalzcyk and I embarked on this project to highlight the benefit of moving all C-Sections to the L & D OR on the 3rd floor. This project demonstrated … Read More
Family Practice Strategic Planning Session
Project Lead: Dr. Tracy Lee Project info coming soon…
Improving Communication Amongst Care Providers of Pregnant Women
Project Lead: Dr. Tamara Leung This project was proposed to increase and improve effective communication between Richmond Public Health and acute care providers with the focus of serving the pregnant women and their families of Richmond. In the course … Read More