Experts Available to Comment on Health Research to Improve Patient Safety

Newswise �?Nearly a quarter of Canadian adults reported that they, or a member of their family, had experienced a preventable medical adverse event. Would shorter shifts for physicians in intensive care units curb the problem? Would more technology really make prescribing medications less complicated? These are all valuable questions being asked by experts funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Health researchers on infection control and patient safety are available to speak about their project and how their work will make a difference in Canadian hospitals.

Funded researchers:
Moving back and forth between long-term care and the emergency department: a recipe for error?
Dr. Rose McCloskey, CIHR-funded researcher from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton)

When does a long shift become too long? Safety, staff fatigue and continuity in the intensive care units Dr. Christopher Parshuram, CIHR-funded research from The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (Toronto)

Long-term care residents and emergency rooms: a dangerous combination?
Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, CIHR-funded researcher from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University (Montreal)

How nurses�?hours affect patient safety
Dr. Linda McGillis Hall, CIHR-funded research from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Toronto)

Putting technology to work keeping patients safer
Dr. Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, CIHR-funded-researcher from McGill University (Montreal)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada’s agency for health research. CIHR’s mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to catalyze its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health-care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 11,000 health researchers and trainees across Canada. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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